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Austrian Butterfly And Moth Monitoring Gauges Biodiversity Decline

INNERVALS, AUSTRIA - JUNE 24: Black-veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi) flutter in their enclosures after their capture, and before their subsequent release, by volunteers helping in data collection for the Viel-Falter butterfly and moth monitoring program in the Valsertal alpine valley on June 24, 2023 near Innervals, Austria. The Viel-Falter initiative, led by the University of Innsbruck, is operating a nationwide monitoring program that combines scientific and volunteer data collection on Austria's butterfly and moth populations. The data serves as an indicator to assess the state of biodiversity across the country, which, like elsewhere across Europe, is in steep decline. Human intrusion, through agriculture, water diversion, urban sprawl, construction and other activities that destroy natural habitats, has caused the decline, and climate change is becoming an increasing threat, especially in Alpine regions, which are warming twice as fast as the global average. The European Parliament is currently considering the EU Nature Restoration Law that includes the aim of restoring natural habitats. (Footage by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
INNERVALS, AUSTRIA - JUNE 24: Black-veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi) flutter in their enclosures after their capture, and before their subsequent release, by volunteers helping in data collection for the Viel-Falter butterfly and moth monitoring program in the Valsertal alpine valley on June 24, 2023 near Innervals, Austria. The Viel-Falter initiative, led by the University of Innsbruck, is operating a nationwide monitoring program that combines scientific and volunteer data collection on Austria's butterfly and moth populations. The data serves as an indicator to assess the state of biodiversity across the country, which, like elsewhere across Europe, is in steep decline. Human intrusion, through agriculture, water diversion, urban sprawl, construction and other activities that destroy natural habitats, has caused the decline, and climate change is becoming an increasing threat, especially in Alpine regions, which are warming twice as fast as the global average. The European Parliament is currently considering the EU Nature Restoration Law that includes the aim of restoring natural habitats. (Footage by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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