We're Bringing Back Europe's Old Butterfly Meadows

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There is a magic in the humble meadow that often gets forgotten. We hope to be able to bring some of it back! 🦋 To support our work you can become a member here: https://mossy.earth MOSSY EARTH MEMBERSHIP =============================== The rewilding membership that restores nature across a wide range of ecosystems. 🌲 Support a diversity of ecosystems 🐺 Rewild habitats to bring back biodiversity 🦫 Fund neglected species & ecosystems Learn more and become a member here: https://mossy.earth/ 💪 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO =============================== BROZ: https://broz.sk/en/ We've been working with BROZ for 5 years now to implement impactful projects in Slovakia and we couldn't ask for a better and more dedicated partner! 📝 Field notes channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth-FieldNotes 🦋 LIST OF BUTTERFLY SPECIES =============================== There have been more than 70 species recorded here but in a few hours for this video we filmed: 9:37 Pieris rapae 10:14 Glaucopsyche alexis 10:48 Scolitandides orion 11:48 Cupido minmus 11:54 Plebeus argus 12:02 Polymatos bellargus 12:10 Malculinea alcon 13:10 Coenonympha pamphilus 13:20 Coenonympha arcania 13:25 Coenonympha glicerion 13:33 Maniola jurtina 14:03 Plebeus idas ⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️ =============================== 0:00 Intro 1:47 Evolution 3:12 Destruction Phases 4:21 Restoration 🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT =============================== Butterflies are one of nature’s most eye-catching creations and best embodiments of beauty. They also act as important health indicators of their environment. Many butterfly species are specialists, meaning they require very specific food and habitat conditions to complete their life cycles. Consequently, this makes butterflies highly susceptible to environmental changes. Across much of Europe, both overgrazing and undergrazing as well as changes in forestry practices are affecting butterfly habitats and driving populations down. This project seeks to rewild a butterfly meadow in an area of Slovakia called Beckovske Skalice (near Beckov castle). We are working with BROZ to improve the conditions for butterfly and moth host plants through conservation grazing and clearing shrubs and woody vegetation from overgrown meadows. Read more about this project here: https://www.mossy.earth/projects/restoring-rare-butterfly-habitats