The collapse of India's vulture population led to an additional 100,000 human deaths per year. Vultures functioned as a sanitation system, helping control diseases that could otherwise be spread through the carcasses they consume.
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The Social Costs of Keystone Species Collapse: Evidence from the Decline of Vultures in India
(October 2024) - Scientific evidence has documented we are undergoing a mass extinction of species, caused by human activity. However, allocating conservation resources is difficult due to scarce evidence on damages from losing individual species. This paper…
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