"Fences
are a well-used solution in reserves in Australia to protect threatened species from feral pests, including foxes and cats that continue to decimate native wildlife...Without the protection of a fence, the marsupials perished because of foxes, dogs, pythons and cars."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/08/australia-turtle-conservation-endangered-species
#biodiversity #wildlife #marsupials #turtles #conservation #fences #dogs #pets #cars #roads

„In #Pakistan, so much rooftop #solar was recently imported from China in just six months that the country increased its electricity capacity by 30 % — without anyone really noticing (…) across Europe, homeowners are building garden #fences with #solarpanels simply because it’s not much more expensive than doing so using traditional materials“ - New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/opinion/solar-power-free-energy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

A much overdue #introduction:

I'm a #StructuralEngineer by day, working mostly in #steel and #concrete. I do everything, but a lot more moving #bridges and #canal locks than most. Some #dams. All my stuff is old, so it's mostly about safety and reliability.

Second job: very willing farmhand for @PickwickSheprd, who I think mostly puts up with me because she was crazy enough to marry me. We raise #sheep and she trains #sheepdogs. I fix the old #tractors and help run #fences and #buildings.

Building #walls and #fences on our external #borders with EU money is totally unacceptable to us!

The EPP proposed an amendment to do so in the last EP report on the EU #budget. The amendment passed, but we managed to stop the final report.

No #eu money will go to finance EU walls!