I'llegal Logging and Climate Change Devastate Monarch Butterfly Habitat: WWF Calls on Governments to Act Now

There was a 22% decrease in the number of monarch butterflies hibernating in Mexican forests last year.

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According to an annual report, the number of trees lost from their favoured grounds tripled.

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A role played by frost & "extreme temperatures" in the US during the most recent winter season may have been responsible for the decline of butterflies.

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Drought, severe weather, habitat loss, pesticide & herbicide use, & climate change have caused a drop in the number of monarch butterflies.

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The migration of monarchs from Mexico & California to summer breeding grounds in the US & Canada happens each year.

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According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature , the population of monarchs has decreased between 22% & 72% over the past decade.

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There was a drop in the western population from 10 million butterflies in the 1980s to just 1,914 monarch butterflies in 2021.

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The fir forests of the western state of Michoacan, west of Mexico City, attract monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains in the US & Canada during winter.

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Last year, the total area they occupied over the past winter dropped to 5.4 acres (2,21 hectares), from 7 acres (2,84 hectares ).

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