Study Warns How Arica's Picaflor Is Losing Its Habitat Due to Monocultures

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A study by the University of Chile identified that the advance of agriculture in the valleys of the extreme north of the country is affecting biodiversity, especially the habitat of the Arica picaflor (Eulidia yarellii), an endemic and endangered bird. Experts found that the sustained and accelerated growth of monocultures and intensive infrastructure has been generating tensions between production and conservation, as it reduces the habitat ava…