The U.N.'s First-Ever Analysis Of World's Migratory Species Just Dropped

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

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Every year, billions of animals across the globe embark on journeys. They fly, crawl, walk or slither – often across thousands of miles of land or water – to find better food, more agreeable weather or a place to breed. Think monarch butterflies, penguins, wild Pacific salmon. These species are crucial to the world as we know it. But until this week, there has never been an official assessment of the world's migratory animals.

So today on the show, correspondent Nate Rott shares the first-ever report on state of the world's migratory animals – the threats facing them and what can be done to help.

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0:25.0	Hi, Nathan Raut here.
0:26.5	I'm a climate correspondent at NPR and I'm filling in for the illustrious Regina Barbara.
0:31.6	Every year billions of different animals embark on journeys.
0:36.0	They fly, crawl, walk, swim, slither, heck, probably even squirm,
0:41.0	often moving with the season to find better food, more agreeable weather or places to breed.
0:46.7	These are not just any species. These are magnificent species that take
0:51.6	unbelievable journeys in some cases.
0:54.0	Thousands of miles at times in flocks and herds in schools, sometimes alone.
0:58.8	You know, the stuff of poetry and song and cultural significance. Amy Frankel is the executive secretary. and I'm excited about migratory species and I think most people are even if they don't realize
1:15.3	their migratory species. Think monarch butterflies, waddling penguins, the wild Pacific
1:20.6	salmon that we all love to eat.
1:22.6	They need to move to be able to survive.
1:25.4	They have different places they have to go to
1:27.8	and are not adapted to staying in one place.
1:30.2	But their movements don't just benefit them. But, butterflies pollinate plants.
1:34.0	Penguins move nutrients from ice to sea.
1:37.0	Salmon feed really fat bears that we all like to watch on YouTube.
1:40.0	Okay, that I really like to watch on YouTube. Anyway, the point is migratory
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