However, long-lived patterns of racism or inequality in housing, income, and other aspects of life also affect how wildlife are able to adapt and survive in our urban neighborhoods. Where urban wildlife is found in these areas, animals are also affected by pollution and lack of green spaces. Birds that typically live in forests, such as warblers, wrens and bluebirds, can be found in Los Angeles’ white urban neighborhoods. Undoing decades-long discriminatory practices, that still affect housing in urban neighborhoods today, are not likely to reverse urban wildlife distributions anytime soon. [3] Information about urban redlining and its affect on urban wildlife and inequality in wildlife distribution, including these policies’ effects on wildlife and humans can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/science/birds-cities-redlining.htmlRelated

Source: New York Times February 23, 2024 21:22 UTC