Corridor Initiative] as part of its efforts in the policy area,” da Silva says. MarinBiodiversity has also been working to educate the public about the biodiversity crisis. Da Silva says that even though the public is starting to understand that there is a climate crisis, one of the biggest challenges is a general lack of awareness that the biodiversity crisis exists. “I think it’s because a big fire or a big hurricane are going to appear on the television news, they can be in big pictures on the front pages of newspapers and magazines,” da Silva says. “But the biodiversity crisis, when you think about that collective loss of 30% of the birds in North America since the 1970s, what does that look like? It’s hard to visualize that— yet it is extremely serious.” On Dec. 7, 2022 the World Bank released “Securing Our Future Through Biodiversity,” a report which spoke to the impact of the loss and degradation of biodiversity. In it was stated that more than 50% of the global Gross Domestic Product—$44 trillion in economic value at the time—is dependent upon natural resources. Without biodiversity, ecosystems begin to collapse and, along with them, all of those natural resources. Da Silva hopes that knowledge about these types of impact will help bring more understanding. “I think that the first goal is to raise people’s awareness so that they say, ‘OK, this really is an important thing,’” he says. Da Silva also likes making sure people understand why native habitat is so important to biodiversity. “The reason that there are more insects and birds in the native plant habitat is because over millions of years the insects have adapted to specific plants,” he says. “They specialize in those specific plants, and the birds have specialized in specific insects and so on.” Da Silva says he would like to see more encouragement from homeowner associations, city and town governments. “We have the different service clubs and all of these different ways that we as humans organize ourselves,” da Silva says. “If they become aware that this is important and that we should encourage these types of actions, I think we’ll go a long way.” g
Jackson Family Wines— leading the way in winery climate resilience J ackson Family Wines has won awards for working toward preserving natural habitats and waterways, and increasing biodiversity as well as leading the global wine community toward climate resiliency. All of the Jackson Family estate vineyards are certified sustainable and most of their vineyards leave around 60% unplanted—supporting native habitat, building biodiversity for native insects, birds and wildlife. All of this leads to healthier soil and water, which means grapes that go into award-winning wines. They have outstanding wineries throughout Sonoma and Napa counties. Visit jacksonfamilywines.com. Sonoma County h Matanzas Creek Winery has pollinator habitats developed in partnership with Monarch Joint Ventures. h Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate and Gardens has beautiful organic gardens including native habitat borders. h La Crema at Saralee’s Estate has pollinator habitat, a hillside they are rewilding and native oaks. The tasting room offers a Best of the Vine sustainability vineyard tour that highlights their regenerative farming methods. h Arrowood Winery in Sonoma Valley is surrounded by native oak woodlands that allow wildlife migration through the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor. h Hartford Family Winery estate is located in Forestville and is surrounded by native forests, open space and Green Valley Creek runs through the property. h Stonestreet Estate in the heart of Alexander Valley has a winery and tasting room at the foot of the company’s Stonestreet Mountain Estate. Approximately 85% of this 5,300-acre mountain property is left unplanted, has owl boxes and wildlife corridors that encourage biodiversity. Napa Valley h Lokoya Estate has native oak woodlands surrounding the property with limited fencing that allows for wildlife migration. h Cardinale participated in the restoration of a stretch of riverbank along the Napa River that helped enhance native habitat and support wildlife.
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