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Imagine waking up one day and your home had disappeared…
This is the reality for countless wild animals every single day across the planet. The Cyclades are no exception.
Naxos, blessed with a wide variety of habitats, rich vegetation, water sources, and a large mountainous area, hosts a biodiversity that is remarkable for an island of its size.
But when we embank streams, cut down trees, flatten sand dunes, dig into mountains, pollute groundwater, build on wetlands and burn natural landscapes, then how can wildlife survive?
Sandy coastlines may be opportunities for profit to us, but for sea turtles, they are nesting grounds where their babies will be born.
Wetlands may be viewed as public land for exploitation, but for hundreds of endemic and migratory species, they are places to feed, rest, and raise their young.
The seas may be seen as areas for fishing, exploitation, or waste disposal, but beneath their surface, countless marine creatures live and reproduce.
By destroying the natural environment, we are destroying the home of wild animals and along with it, our own future.
Isn’t it time we changed the way we think and act?
Shouldn’t we start seeing coasts, wetlands, forests, and seas as part of our own home, too?
Not everything needs to be concrete.
We can live in harmony with nature.
How?
By reporting illegal activities that harm the environment and wildlife.
By becoming conscious consumers.
By reducing pollution.
By offering volunteer work or supporting local environmental organizations (Click here to find out how you can volunteer for Naxos Wildlife Protection!).
By raising awareness and educating those around us.
By speaking openly about the value of nature and the urgent need to protect it.
Earth is home to all of us: humans and wild animals alike.
If we want a future, we must protect the present.
Saving nature is not a choice, it’s a necessity.
Let us be the generation that leaves behind a world that is livable for those who come after us.
Naxos Wildlife Protection 