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URBAN BIODIVERSITY
CITIES: REFUGES FOR BIODIVERSITY • BY MARION SPÉE
Over half the world’s population—that is, over 4 billion people—live in cities. This rampant urbanization has literally transformed the world’s landscape, simultaneously causing a loss of biodiversity. Two of the main causes are habitat fragmentation and the impermeabilization of surfaces. But while cities are a hostile environment for many species, nature still has a place there, and more than you might think.
NATURE NEAR YOU IN PARKS
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