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Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year?
The Hudsonian godwit population has dropped 95% in 40 years due to climate change, habitat loss in the U.S., and aquaculture impacts in Chile, UN parties seek international protection.
- On Monday, the CMS will consider protecting the Hudsonian godwit after scientists said its population has plunged 95 percent over four decades.
- Along its route, habitat loss and timing mismatches have reduced the reliable food the birds need, with changes in U.S. farming practices making shallow-water wetlands rarer and less predictable, and a boom in salmon and oyster farming in southern Chile increasing infrastructure in intertidal zones.
- Tracking studies show nonstop flight distances up to 11,000 kilometers and a migration timing shift of six days compared with a decade ago.
- The CMS report released earlier this month shows 49 percent of listed species are declining, and the Brazil meeting will consider protections and removals, including the Bactrian deer recovery case.
- Delegates say cross-border action is essential to address threats along the full migration route, requiring coordinated conservation across Arctic breeding grounds, U.S. stopovers, and southern Chile wintering areas, while iconic species on the CMS list highlight the Brazil meeting's global stakes.
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- 42% of the sources are Center, 42% of the sources lean Right
42% Right
L 16%
C 42%
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