Scientists alarmed by poor state of biodiversity in Switzerland

Over 100 researchers have sounded the alarm over the state of biodiversity in Switzerland, declaring that "rapid and effective" measures are needed to strengthen its protection. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss citzens are due to vote on a biodiversity initiative on September 22. Despite some isolated successes, different measures taken in Switzerland so far "have not succeeded in reversing the trend, which calls for an urgent response", the scientists declared in a position paper published in the Swiss press on Sunday. "To protect the source of our life, we must ensure and promote the diversity of species and the quality of natural environments in the long term," they wrote. + Swiss ‘biodiversity initiative’: extreme or essential for protecting nature? The 102 signatories include researchers from the universities of Neuchâtel and Bern, the federal technology institute ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ...