{"id":22530,"date":"2025-06-12T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/podcast\/birdsong-is-disappearing-from-our-landscapes-but-why-a-conversation-with-ariel-brunner\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:05:55","slug":"birdsong-is-disappearing-from-our-landscapes-but-why-a-conversation-with-ariel-brunner","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/laruchequiditoui.fr\/what-the-field\/podcast\/birdsong-is-disappearing-from-our-landscapes-but-why-a-conversation-with-ariel-brunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdsong is disappearing from our landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Birdsong is disappearing from our landscapes\u2014but why? In the latest episode of <em>What the Field<\/em>, we sit down with Ariel Brunner, Regional Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdlife.org\/\">BirdLife International<\/a>, to talk about why the dramatic decline in bird populations across Europe is not just a tragedy for nature lovers, but a warning sign for the future of our food systems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Drawing from decades of experience in conservation, Ariel explains how industrial agriculture has devastated biodiversity\u2014especially among farmland birds\u2014and how rethinking the way we farm, consume, and organise politically could turn things around. From the disappearance of house martins in southern Spain to the global expansion of monocultures, we unpack how our current food production model is ecologically unsustainable.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But this isn\u2019t just another story of environmental collapse. Ariel also shares tangible examples of hope: collaborative projects like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivaresvivos.com\/\">Olivares Vivos<\/a>\u201d that restore biodiversity in olive groves, and ways city dwellers can make space for birds even without a garden.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<a href='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1968536\/episodes\/17324032' target='_blank' class='btn-go-to' video-url='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1968536\/episodes\/17324032'><p>Listen on your audio platform<\/p><div class='icon'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width='36' height='36' viewBox='0 0 36 36' fill='none' xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d='M11.6352 24.3598L24.3631 11.6319M24.3631 11.6319L15.8779 11.6319M24.3631 11.6319L24.3631 20.1172' stroke='#FAFAFA' stroke-width='3' stroke-linecap='round'\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can find more of our podcast episodes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/blog\/en\/category\/podcast-en-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":55238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-22530","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>decline in bird populations in Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why are birds disappearing from our landscapes? 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