Planting More Trees Is Hurting Birds — And Scientists Say Well-Meaning Conservation Is To Blame
It’s one of conservation’s most comfortable assumptions: more trees means more biodiversity. Plant windbreaks, add hedgerows, increase woody cover, and nature will reward you. This idea has driven agricultural conservation policy across Europe, North America, and increasingly Asia for decades. New research from Hiroshima University is complicating that assumption in a significant way — and […]







