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Metz. Jacques Stankiewicz: "Birds are an indicator of the state of biodiversity"

Metz. Jacques Stankiewicz: "Birds are an indicator of the state of biodiversity"

The counts carried out by the League for the Protection of Birds are alarming: overall populations have fallen by 20% in 20 years. For Jacques Stankiewicz, president of the Moselle LPO, protecting birds means preserving all of biodiversity. While the obstacles are significant, "there are still actions to be taken."
A former SNCF executive and resident of Pouilly, Jacques Stankiewicz has been president of the Moselle LPO for 10 years:
A former SNCF executive and resident of Pouilly, Jacques Stankiewicz has been president of the Moselle LPO for 10 years: "If we do nothing to preserve biodiversity, we will end up in a world that is not suited to our human nature." Photo Gilles Wirtz
Is joining the LPO a political act?

"When a decision aims to denature or concrete over a place, showing that you're not happy is political. Just like choosing the bus or recycling. Activism within the LPO has political connotations, but the LPO doesn't engage in politics. We talk to everyone and we have many contacts."

The birds are doing poorly. What's the state of affairs?

" The general trend is a 20% decline in 20 years . Some species are doing well, such as the pigeon, the redstart, and the blackcap. On the other hand, the population of linnets, which nest in bushes at mid-height, is in sharp decline. The same goes for swallows, which can no longer nest on facades and lack water and mud. Global warming is weakening birds that do not sweat. It can be 40°C in an open stork's nest. The lack of food (intensive farming and chemicals), of...

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