Border fences need not harm large fauna
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
Although the increasing number of fences and walls along national boundaries is intended to prevent human migration, these can also have disastrous consequences for the natural spread of large animals. These constructions could rapidly destroy decades of international collaboration to facilitate the spread of European brown bears, lynxes and wolves, for example. This is the argument that lawyer Arie Trouwborst presents in the article entitled 'RECIEL: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law'. The author and his research group are working at Tilburg University with the support of a Vidi grant from the NWO Talent Scheme.