#roadecology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #roadecology, aggregated by home.social.
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A koala unfriendly infrastructure
"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."
No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety
Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer -
A koala unfriendly infrastructure
"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."
No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
>>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety
Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer -
A koala unfriendly infrastructure
"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."
No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
>>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety
Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer -
A koala unfriendly infrastructure
"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."
No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
>>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
>>
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety
Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer -
A koala unfriendly infrastructure
"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."
No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
>>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
>>
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety
Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer -
Animal friendly infrastructure - Road ecology
"Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they’re practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. , the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill. "
Ben Goldfarb, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet >>
https://www.bengoldfarb.com/crossingsCrossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #liability #tyres #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #weeds #pollution #LoggingImpacts #mobility #animals #MigratorySpecies #access #barriers #FreewayWalls #crossings #ExtinctionCrisis -
@tangledwing That's great footage. I went looking and there's this 2025 Masters thesis from Utah State University, by Blake Ledbetter, that seems to be the source of the stats in that video of animals successfully crossing that wildlife bridge.
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"There are now at least 173 underpasses and overpasses that are dedicated for #wildlife to get safely across roads.
"There’s three more that are under construction right now and there are 47 that have been committed to by various governments.
"So, we’re getting to this place where consideration of wildlife getting across roads is just a normal part of what we do. That’s super exciting."
#rewilding #roadecology #grizzlies #rockymountains #yellowstone #yukon
https://www.rewildingmag.com/y2y-is-making-way-for-grizzlies-and-more/
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Crossings is now out in paperback! A globetrotting reportage, this is a wide-ranging and eye-opening account of the impacts of roads and how ecologists are trying to mitigate them.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #RoadEcology #Ecology #Scicomm
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If you are in the USA, Ben Goldfarb's Crossings is now out in paperback! My take? This is a wide-ranging and eye-opening account of the impacts of roads and how ecologists are trying to mitigate them
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #RoadEcology #Ecology #Scicomm
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I've been reading Ben Goldfarb's excellent road ecology book Crossings. While walking back from the library with it I passed this Eastern Gartersnake who had fallen victim to a vehicle, which is absolutely a coincidence I could have done without.
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@greenpeace_de @Umweltbundesamt @verkehrswende
#TransportAndEnvironment haben Inhalte der Studie in anschaulichen interaktiven Grafiken dargestellt:
#Verkehrswende #Mobilit#tswende #Autokorrektur #BVWP #Bundesverkehrswegeplan #induzierterVerkehr #CO2Emissionen #CO2Senken #Traffication #RoadEcology
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“It is just the most exciting time in my career right now,” Switalski told me. “It’s a generational opportunity, if not the opportunity of a lifetime.”
Road networks, like many cancers, tend toward exponential growth; today it finally seems possible that ours is about to shrink.
#rewilding #roadecology #restoration #conservation #nature #wildlife #ecology
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/case-destroying-old-forest-roads-180983693/
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Road ecology (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Road ecology is the study of the ecological effects of roads and highways. These effects may include local effects, such as on noise, water pollution, habitat destruction/disturbance and local air quality; and the wider environmental effects of transport such as habitat fragmentation, ecosystem degradation, and climate change from vehicle emissions. The design, construction and man...
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New review: A globetrotting reportage, Crossings is a wide-ranging and eye-opening account of the impacts of roads and how ecologists are trying to mitigate them.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #RoadEcology #Ecology #Scicomm @bookstodon
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I promise I'll have something more substantial to say in my upcoming review, but for now:
Wow
Stay tuned... https://inquisitivebiologist.com #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #RoadEcology #Ecology #Scicomm
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“Corridors play a crucial role in connectivity and rewilding, providing safe passageways for animals to travel between fragmented habitats,” Zenkewich says.
“This is a huge part of their success in surviving and thriving.”
#rewilding #wildlife #roadecology #nature #animals #crabs
https://www.rewildingmag.com/5-wildlife-crossings-helping-species-survive/
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Roads are not only for transportation, but also for conservation. A new book by Ben Goldfarb, Crossings, explores how road ecology can shape the future of our planet. He shows how we can design and build roads that minimize harm and maximize benefits for wildlife and humans. #roadecology #crossings #wildlife https://undark.org/2023/10/13/book-review-crossings/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes
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Roadkill - extinction by design
"Wildlife Road Awareness (WIRES) has reported a 20 per cent increase in the number of roadkill incidents across NSW in 2023."
"The problem was made worse by increasingly dry conditions in some areas of the state. This was because wildlife may need to cross roads to reach water sources or, when other food sources ran dry, macropods such as kangaroos and wallabies were attracted to the green ditches beside roads for food."https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-23/eurobodalla-virtual-fence-trial-reducing-roadkill-incidents/102880624
#RoadEcology #NSW #roads #cars #motorists #speed #fossilfuel #drought #WildlifeCrossings #wildllife #FragmentedHabitats #BiodiversityEmergency #extinction makers -
Logging Bellingen's biodiversity
Bellingen is being hit by an 'infrastructure tsunami' (William Laurance) this year. Rural country roads are turning into a highway like network. Gleniffer Road is made 'logging ready' and Roses Road gets a daily smear of toxic coal-tar to take the added heavy vehicles.
Gleniffer Road infrastructure cuts through native ecosystems for human convenience. The road is designed solely with fossil fuel traffic in mind. Getting motorists from a to b in the fastest way and getting massive logging machinery into the remaining (Tuckers Nob) forest. Fossil fuel free mobility of humans and non human animals never entered the design considerations.
The habitat of the more-than-human assemblages is fragmented and degraded. Peri-urban sprawl (roads, cars, houses, dogs & cats) further poses a threat to wildlife.
It's estimated that 10 million Australian animals are killed on roads by (signage blind) motorists. For a country with one of the highest rates of animal extinctions in the world this is a lot of biodiversity to sacrifice. The maimed and dead seem to be an accepted 'side effect' of this mobility.
From the public roads the Forest Corporation cuts a labyrinth of logging roads (fishbone pattern) into the heart of the forest. Massive fossil powered machinery is then set to work to clear fell Australia's biodiversity.
Noise pollution, toxins from tyres and exhaust fumes poison freshwater ecosystems, the soil and the air. The survivors of the roadkill and deforestation carnage have nowhere to go. Birds fall silent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_ecology
Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/can-road-ecology-save-millions-of-animals/How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
https://wwnorton.com/books/crossingsPollution from tyres
https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals
#Wildlife #conservation #roadkill #RoadEcology #logging #roads #Bellingen #SaveTuckersNob #BiodiversityEmergency #ClimateEmergency #GlenifferRoad #ClearFelling #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #extinction makers -
Margay cat encountered this morning on the road to Cardenas in Rivas, Nicaragua. Slow down everyone, everywhere. #roadkill #margay #roadecology
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Margay cat encountered this morning on the road to Cardenas in Rivas, Nicaragua. Slow down everyone, everywhere. #roadkill #margay #roadecology
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Margay cat encountered this morning on the road to Cardenas in Rivas, Nicaragua. Slow down everyone, everywhere. #roadkill #margay #roadecology
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Margay cat encountered this morning on the road to Cardenas in Rivas, Nicaragua. Slow down everyone, everywhere. #roadkill #margay #roadecology
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Margay cat encountered this morning on the road to Cardenas in Rivas, Nicaragua. Slow down everyone, everywhere. #roadkill #margay #roadecology
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Next show! Wildlife crossings! 🛣🐾
9/13 The Kiggins Theatre
Building bridges for mountain lions, tunnels for toads, deconstructing logging roads, and citizens working to undo the havoc of highways. W/ Ben Goldfarb!
Tix: https://buff.ly/47Ubpc3
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Seeing this article cross-posted by other accounts, so re-upping with a direct link. It's a strong #roadecology piece anchored in latest #connectivity research, mostly sourced and written at/after #COP15. https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/helping-wildlife-navigate-road-and-railway-infrastructure/
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I’m a wildlife biologist working at the intersection of applied conservation and environmental law. Currently focused on #RoadEcology and transportation effects on endangered #bats, #insects, and #turtles. Also dabble in #snake capture-mark-recapture and #CommunityScience.
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Great #RoadEcology work occurring in Montana. #Connectivity #Wildlife #Conservation
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Why did the marine mammal researcher cross the road?
To get to the otter side. 🦦#roadecology #dadjokes
(Alttext: a group of otters on a busy street corner)
