Comment on Hidden in plain sight: the race to discover new species before they’re gone
Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
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Of course, “discovery” is a loaded word. Many animals and plants described by Western science were already known to Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Conservation laws, threatened species lists and monitoring programs usually work at the species level. If several species are mistakenly treated as one, a declining species can be hidden inside a larger group that looks secure.
As we stand at the precipice of Earth’s sixth mass extinction, this has never been more important.
Recognising hidden biodiversity does not solve conservation problems by itself.