Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan
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"... we advise that passively waiting for spontaneous habitat and biodiversity recovery to occur in depopulating areas anywhere will probably result in an underwhelming outcome"

Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan - Nature Sustainability
Human population growth over the past few decades has had detrimental impacts on biodiversity; however, several countries, such as Japan, are experiencing below-replacement human fertility leading to ...