Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Once-dying Mexican river delta slowly nursed back to life <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250408-once-dying-mexican-river-delta-slowly-nursed-back-to-life" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfi.fr/en/international-news/2</span><span class="invisible">0250408-once-dying-mexican-river-delta-slowly-nursed-back-to-life</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> secured land as well as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/irrigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irrigation</span></a> permits, cleared invasive shrubs and planted thousands of native <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>... After years of this type of work, we now have a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/poplars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poplars</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/willows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>willows</span></a> on 260 hectares on a stretch of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a>. Fauna has returned. Many <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> have returned. The rejuvenation has also brought back the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/beaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaver</span></a>—a species that had largely disappeared in the area"</p>