Wildlife Corridors: Protecting Animals in a Fragmented World

In modern days, the wildlife habitats are usually cut off by human activities or facilities such as roads, cities, and farmland. This phenomenon named fragmentation refers to the segmentation of natural habitats by human activity. This can be particularly harmful to wildlife because this prevent the wildlife in one segment of the entire habitat from accessing other areas of the habitat, limiting reproduction between separated populations, restricting genetic diversity in species, and reducing the range of activity of animals and the space they can move to in case of danger.

Thus, wildlife corridors come in important. They refer to safe passageways that allow animals to travel between segmented wildlife habitats. This way, pollinators and other organisms can access individuals in other segments of the habitat and interbreed, leading to enhanced genetic diversity and evolutionary benefits for the species there. Animals are also guaranteed larger hunting grounds and more places to escape to in case of danger.