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Perspectives on Biodiversity

on YouTube 25m
Talkat DLD Munich 23 · 2023-01-12..01-14· [machine-learning, data-visualization]

speakers

name:Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
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name:Christoph Heinrich
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name:Ulrich Wilhelm
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resources

video:https://youtu.be/ceB_HOHlPt4
slides:none on file

summary

Global biodiversity is collapsing: scientists estimate 20 million species, already ~25% endangered, populations have fallen ~70% since 1970 and locally reached -94% in Latin America; primary drivers are habitat loss for agriculture and meat production (about 70 percent agriculture area used for animals), Amazon clearing releases ~1.6 billion tonnes CO2 and stores ~420 billion tonnes. A technical response is an algorithmic garden generator at pollinator.art that optimizes plant mixes from regional databases to maximize pollinator diversity; several planted prototypes (55 m bed, 7,000 plants) exist and are entering pilot ecological studies.

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chapters (12)

  1. 0:00Biodiversity’s importance
  2. 1:38What biodiversity is
  3. 3:26Tropical biodiversity hotspots
  4. 5:31Human-driven biodiversity decline
  5. 8:01Meat production and habitat loss
  6. 9:50Amazon’s ecological collapse
  7. 11:55Call to action for conservation
  8. 13:22Redefining ecosystems
  9. 15:28Insect decline and windshield phenomenon
  10. 17:33Art for pollinators
  11. 21:04Pollinator Pathmaker movement
  12. 23:29From consumers to caretakers

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