The People have all Gone, but Where to?
Large areas of Europe have reverted to nature as a population crisis is facing the continent. The Germans for example are getting used to a new kind of immigrant. In 1998, a pack of wolves crossed the Neisse River on the Polish border. In the Eastern Saxony, the empty landscape has abandoned mines and declining villages. The wolves found plenty of deer and few humans.
A wildlife biologist claims that another pack split from the first one, as a result, the region has 2 wolf families in that region. A century ago, a land hungry people killed off the last of German wolves. Today the local humans are under threat. Villages are emptying due to the regions low birthrate and rural movement. Hoyersweda is Germany'n fastest shrinking town. 25000 of 70000 residents have moved away over a period of 15 years. The UN population division reported that the biggest decline will hit rural Europe. As Italians, Spaniards, Germans and others produce barely three fifths of the children needed to maintain the population status quo. Too few children, too many old people and too many of the remaining young people leaving villages for the big cities. This is known as a triple bomb.
The complications of this transformation influence everything, from tourism to retirement, conservation and agricultural policies. The continent of the future will look different.
Bears are back in Austria! In Swiss Alpine valleys, farms have been receding and forests are growing back. Wildcats and Ospreys have re - established their habitats. All is not lost though. Attractive areas within striking distance of prosperous cities are seeing revivals of an influx of retirees, the snapping up of holiday homes, vineyards and horse farms.
We think we have so much knowledge of our planet, but there is ever more to learn about. This can even effect our habitat. Putting our minds to it, we can learn more every day. This makes for others respect of those of knowledge. It could even save our lives.
Sources : Wikipedia, Excerpts from the writing of Stefan Theil. National Geographic, Pixabay.
There is nothing beautiful than nature and your capture is just perfect.
yeh this is not a good thing that our rural areas are going to empty day by day and in cities, we have a lot of population and our cities are overpopulated. Because of this we are facing a lot of problems especially traffic problems and rush for everything.we should facilitate our rural area just like cities to our come this issue.
Interesting article. How is the influx of new immigrants from Turkey , Syria and other war affected areas changing this situation in Western Europe? Obviously the demographics will change over time...
I welcome the positive changes to the environment with wildlife again flourishing with the decrease in population in certain areas.
Thanks for sharing this.
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"...there is even more to learn about", the insight that we can not eat money!
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Interesting Article, Thank You!