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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gretchen" data-source="post: 1579093" data-attributes="member: 70591">Yes, of course the situation is complicated, and I guess this is happening with cultivation everywhere - but in richer countries, people can "afford" to leave margins, if they think of it... so much harder where people feel unsure about the future.Great idea - as you say there are wonderful riches which would be so sad to lose there.  Even in the US, people are just beginning to really attend to the effects of agricultural practices on birds - life is so complex...Thanks, it looks like maybe this is just the right time for them to be through - I have never seen one.  There are not so many fields around us as there used to be (next step up in "development"), but I should try to find some, as they appear to be better for bird viewing than I thought!</blockquote>