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flag Experts in China launch initiative to reduce urban roadkill using citizen science data and conservation strategies.

flag A December 14 forum in Nanjing gathered over 60 experts from 19 institutions to tackle rising urban roadkill in China, spurred by a 2020 incident where a professor witnessed a Siberian weasel killed on a city street. flag This led to China’s first research paper on urban roadkill, published in November 2023, and a nationwide WeChat-based citizen science project launched in late 2023 that has collected over 8,000 roadkill reports from more than 2,000 contributors. flag The data is being used to monitor biodiversity, identify at-risk species, and inform conservation solutions like wildlife crossings and biofences, emphasizing collaboration between scientists, policymakers, and the public to reduce road-related wildlife deaths in rapidly developing cities.

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