Urban wildlife is less diverse in historically redlined neighborhoods, study finds

Redlining, a discriminatory lending practice that originated in the 1930s and blocked people of color from getting mortgages in certain neighborhoods, has significantly altered the distribution of wildlife in four of California’s largest cities, according to a first-of-its-kind study published June 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Redlining, a discriminatory lending practice that originated in the 1930s and blocked people of color from getting mortgages in certain neighborhoods, has significantly altered the distribution of wildlife in four of California’s largest cities, according to a first-of-its-kind study published June 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories