by Patty Wetli | February 13, 2024

“….’Unsustainable human activities are jeopardizing the future of migratory species — creatures who not only act as indicators of environmental change but play an integral role in maintaining the function and resilience of our planet’s complex ecosystems,’ be it pollinating plants, transporting nutrients or storing carbon, Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, said in a statement.

‘Migratory species tell us how nature is doing. How our planet is doing,’ Andersen said. ‘Migratory species are in trouble. That puts humanity in trouble.’

The U.N. is calling for concrete conservation action, a call that, at least when it comes to the monarch, Chicago is well-positioned to answer.

It’s as simple, Hasle said, as planting milkweed……”

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