LINK Poland's border wall will cut Europe's oldest forest in half
"Poland is planning to build a wall along its border with Belarus, primarily to block migrants fleeing the Middle East and Asia. But the wall would also divide the vast and ancient Białowieża Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site which harbours more than 12,000 animal species and includes the largest remnants of primeval forest that once covered most of lowland Europe."
"Poland’s proposed wall resembles the barrier built along parts of the US-Mexico border. Research there based on camera-traps shows that such walls deter people less than they impede wildlife. Animals affected by the US-Mexico barrier include jaguars, pygmy owls, and a bison herd whose food and water were split by the border."
"According to the Transnational Institute, wealthy nations are prioritising border security over climate action, which contravenes pledges made at COP26 such as protecting the world’s forests. Some of the 257 World Heritage forests are now releasing more carbon than they absorb, but Białowieża Forest is still a healthy, well-connected landscape. Poland’s border wall would put this at risk."
Question:How can conservation biologists make themselves heard, on the issue of border barriers, need to reform, not only policies and frameworks, but also how we perceive borders?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Are they also claiming they are going to make the migrants pay for it? Or perhaps the Trees?
LenHazell53
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Dec 16, 2021
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The wall threatens many flora and fauna species' survival including humans, and increases exposure to disease ( Ex. Covid-19 ) for deer and human migrants, thus making those species pay with their lives for for the wall. Trees will pay with their health because the forest ecosystem will not be as diverse and nutrient-rich.
And sadly, this is mainly because Belarus has deliberately created the migrant route in order to cause problems.
Fernapple
Level 9
Dec 16, 2021
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If Iraqi, Syrian, Congolese, & Cameroonian immigrants
didn't need to flee their homes to survive, maybe fewer
border problems would develop there. Human smugglers
from various nations will cash in on immigrants'
need to find asylum in safer nations. If Belarus
planned the route particularly to cause trouble,
was that to cause trouble for the EU or particularly
for bordering nations of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia?
@AnonySchmoose Here you go. People used as pawns,, in political games. the BBC has several posts on it.
[bbc.co.uk]
History shows us that border walls are actually kinda stupid.
mischl
Level 8
Dec 16, 2021
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They please the voting moron bigots, because it makes the good for nothing pocket fillers in government actually appear to be doing something.
@LenHazell53 You wouldn't be talking about our former moron in the White House, would you?
Stupid in multiple ways...
ecologically, monetarily, morally, politically, etc.
How many other ways?
Yup cause ya know artificial border are way more important..
Charlene
Level 9
Dec 15, 2021
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Trying to comprehend how politicians think borders
will solve their problems puts me in brain-rot mode.
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