Wildlife collision
LA NACION - 2025
The article focuses on this issue that affects biodiversity, particularly in Argentina. It describes how collisions occur even within protected areas, especially in the province of Misiones, and how in many cases it jeopardizes the survival of threatened species, such as the jaguar and the maned wolf. It includes interviews with Guillermo Delfino Flood from Fundación Temaikèn, Lucía Lazzari from Fundación Vida Silvestre, and Diego Varela from the Argentine Network for Monitoring Roadkill Wildlife (Ramfa). Additionally, it contains an interactive map of Misiones based on citizen science data, with the common and scientific names of the roadkill species, the date, and its conservation status.
“Not Anticipated”: the invisible danger threatening wildlife across the national territory
The roadkill of wildlife is one of the main risks faced by species at risk of extinction, even within protected areas
It is estimated that more than 400 million vertebrate animals are killed by vehicles each year around the world, even with limited taxonomic studies. However, its impact is not dimensioned: it is believed to be isolated cases, when in reality it affects the population of many species. According to the Argentine Society for the Study of Mammals (Sarem), wildlife roadkill is one of the main threats to 89% of terrestrial carnivores, 67% of ungulates (animals that walk on the tips of their feet and do not have claws), 60% of primates, and 25% of marsupials.
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