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Dr Dan Hoare
Academic
Dr Dan Hoare is the director of nature recovery at Butterfly Conservation.
Notable Quotes
"They're an indicator species. Butterflies act as a flagship for smaller insects. When [a population] recovers, it tells you you're getting something right."View Story →
"It's helping the farmer by diversifying their income. It's helping the environment by not putting loads of fertiliser to grow food where it doesn't want to grow."View Story →
"Individual species are the building blocks of ecosystems."View Story →
"For us, this is a really symbolic story."View Story →
"It was an opportunity for them to colonise and reach out to new places."View Story →
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