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On 22 May 2007, the United Nations announced that 75 species go extinct worldwide every day, and three species go extinct per hour. Butterfly species are an essential indicator data for monitoring the global ecology. In 2004, a science journal noted that the UK had seen a 54% decline in native bird species, a 28% decline in native wildlife species, and a staggering 71% decline in native butterfly species in the last 40 years. Insects that have always been considered to be diverse and numerous, with a high capacity for recovery, are also beginning to face extinction. Meanwhile, in Australia, half of the 24 species of butterfly included in the study will disappear forever in the years to come.

This is related to many factors, such as the destruction of vegetation, accelerated urbanization, and the increase in urban population. In urban construction, some of the original vegetation has been replaced by artificial vegetation, with a single species of vegetation and a relatively fixed diet for the vast majority of butterfly species. This has led to a rapid decline in butterfly species, despite the high proportion of artificial vegetation cover.

The Butterfly Project is based on integrating the documentary and real-time data to demonstrate the impact of human development on species diversity visually. Through this project, the threats and difficulties faced by species diversity today are highlighted. In the project, butterflies randomly swing their wings three times per hour, with each wing swing signifying that a species has left the earth forever. Papilio Chikae, a critically endangered species unique to the Philippines, was chosen as the butterfly prototype for the project. It is also CITES-listed, and its specimens once sold for up to US$1,500. The collection and sale of its specimens are strictly prohibited in the Philippines.

I grew up in a small town in China. When I was a child, I could always find lots of butterflies in the garden and in the forest. But as I grew up, I later left my hometown. hometown. Slowly, I can no longer see swarms of butterflies flying in the big city made of of reinforced concrete and earth. At one point I thought it was a normal thing. But then I went back to my hometown and found that tall buildings So I found out that the swarms of butterflies may have left me. might have left me.

Later, I came from China to study in a small town in Germany. The city has a large forest, and I saw a lot of butterflies flying. Unfortunately, their variety is still very small. I tried to find and count their species in the forest, but after searching for a long time, I can only find 3 kinds of butterflies. And only one species of white butterfly is abundant, the others are pitifully rare, so I started looking for information about butterflies on the internet. Wikipedia's introduction to butterflies and insects says: "Declines in butterfly populations have been observed in many areas of the world, and this phenomenon is consistent with rapidly declining insect populations around the world.

The reason for the continuing disappearance of insects such as butterflies is unclear, but factors thought to be important include habitat destruction caused by intensive agriculture and urbanisation, pesticide use, introduced species, climate change, eutrophication from fertilisers, pollution and artificial lighting.

The increased use of insecticides and herbicides on crops has not only affected non-target insect species, but also the plants on which they feed. Climate change and the introduction of exotic species that compete with native species put native species under stress, making them more susceptible to pathogens and parasites. Plants grow faster in the presence of increased CO2, but the resulting plant biomass contains fewer nutrients. While some species such as flies and cockroaches may increase as a result, the overall biomass of insects is estimated to decrease by about 0.9 to 2.5% per year.

The project was nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Lumen Prize for Impact