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Letter: We may have to step in to do the job of wildlife

Published 7 October 2020

From Geoff Harding, Sydney, Australia

Plummeting wildlife populations, particularly of mammals and birds, must place the forests and savannahs of the world under increasing stress due to a lower rate of soil fertilisation by faeces and a lower rate of seed dispersal (26 September, p 16).

Considering the importance of forests and grasslands for carbon sequestration, it may become beneficial to take measures such as artificial fertilisation.

Issue no. 3303 published 10 October 2020

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