LEGISLATION [IS] NEEDED TO FORCE ARCHITECTS ...

[Michael Grove]

TO PREVENT THE MASS SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS THAT

"didn't evolve to deal with glass", experts have told Dezeen.

"We need broad-scale legislation requiring buildings to

be bird-friendly," said Kaitlyn Parkins, an ecologist who is

campaigning to reduce bird deaths in New York City.

"Birds do not understand the concept of glass," added

architect Dan Piselli, director of sustainability at US

architecture studio FXCollaborative, who has worked on

reducing bird strikes at several New York City buildings.

"They didn't evolve to deal with glass. They simply

cannot see it."

Lizzie Crook - Dezeen

 

One billion US bird deaths caused by collisions alone

NEVER forgetting nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone Since 1970

The first-ever comprehensive assessment of net population changes in the U.S. and Canada reveals across-the-board declines that scientists call “staggering.” All told, the North American bird population is down by 2.9 billion breeding adults, with devastating losses among birds in every biome. Forests alone have lost 1 billion birds. Grassland bird populations collectively have declined by 53%, or another 720 million birds.

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