article_snippet.sent: Instead Writer Stewart Brand argues that the trends for conservation are actually 'looking bright' as depleted ecosystems are being enriched and damage in others is slowing.
article_snippet.sent: Major efforts to remove rats from Codfish Island in New Zealand has allowed the kakapo (above) to recover .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Brand also points to Major efforts to remove rats from Codfish Island in New Zealand.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Brand said that schemes to eradicate invasive species like rats and goats had been hugely successful and allowed many island species to bounce back.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Brand also pointed to the example of cod, which the ICUN Red List describes as being threatened with extinction, but many cod fisheries are now recovering.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Brand, who is also a campaigner to reintroduce extinct species such as woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons, believes biotechnology could also help to bring other species back from the brink by allowing Mr Brand, who is also a campaigner to reintroduce extinct species such as woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons genetic diversity to be improved.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Brand said that some wild animals are moving back into areas where some wild animals have long been absent by some wild animals.
article_snippet.sent: Salmon for example have moved back into the Rhine, Seine and the Thames as the water has becoe cleaner.
article_snippet.sent: Wolves, lynx and brown bears are also spreading in many parts of Europe.
highlights_snippet.sent: Instead Writer Stewart Brand points to the recovery of species due to conservation efforts .
  