Environmental restoration projects in Hackney Marshes have successfully brought back local wildlife, including kestrels and wood mice, which had been declining due to habitat erosion. Volunteer efforts over three years involved rebuilding ecosystems through log piles and selective tree cutting. Ecologist Ian Phillips emphasized the urgent need for restoration after losing species triggered a cascade effect on local wildlife. Factors like increased visitor traffic and pandemic-related activities had further disturbed the habitat, but collaborative funding and action have since shown promising results in returning biodiversity to the area.
It's like a classic sort of Jenga if you pull the wrong piece out of the local ecosystem, everything collapses.
It feels like it happened almost overnight. It was just absolutely amazing to see everything fall into place.
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