SOUNDS OF EXTINCTION
A COLLECTION OF STORIES IN SOUND
1,000,000
Species threatened with extinction
Nature is declining Globally at rates unprecedented in human history
TRANSFORMATIVE changes required to restore and protect nature
IPBES GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
“I want to fight against this. I want The Listening Planet to give the critters, wherever they be, a voice so we can appreciate what we have and preserve what we have. I want to give a voice back to the voiceless”
– Martyn Stewart
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Nature is speaking all of the time. But it is a language too many of us have ceased to learn and therefore understand. The sounds of nature have long been associated with mental wellbeing... but they also reveal the densities and intricacies of life – its health and fragility. What we so often can not see, we can hear. Sound has now become a critical barometer of global health, environmental degradation, an effective tool for developing more sustainable ecosystems and mobilizing people around the issues of climate change.
The ability to both HEAR and BE HEARD is fundamental for most wildlife. Animals listen to their acoustic environment to detect and decipher signals from predators and prey. From echolocating whales who use sound to communicate, find a mate and navigate, to other animals who are known to eavesdrop on different species to assess risk. Event plants use their “hearing” sense to find water and to communicate threats. The interaction between wildlife and their acoustic environment is not a collection of private conversations between signaler and receiver but an interconnected landscape of information networks based on intentional and accidental sounds.
This requires that we not only listen, but that we understand the role of TRANQUILITY. Noise Pollution is having a dramatically damaging impact on the health of these fragile ecosystems.
