An excellent article on the importance of cities as places that are biodiverse. This was certainly one of the arguments developed by Daniel Raven Ellison and collaborators during the successful London National Park City campaign.
It was brought to my attention by Robert MacFarlane.
Superb essay dismantling the “biological deserts fallacy”; the perception that cities are barren of wildlife/nature.
— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) July 24, 2021
I’ve spent years arguing against this idea.
Tell me the wildlife of your city/town.
Mine, Cambridge: peregrines, bee orchids, grass snakes…https://t.co/oXTnQJgJvF
Image: Isle of Dogs Exhibition, London, 2018 - shared under CC license by Alan Parkinson
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