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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:44, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

For the article: "Urban Ecology": I inserted a two-paragraph long excerpt about the need to pursue conservation opportunities within urban areas under the section, “Need for remediation.” I inserted a one-paragraph long excerpt about how green structure implementation within urban areas could make them more “wildlife-friendly” between the “Species reintroduction” and “Sustainability” sections. I inserted a five-paragraph long excerpt on why we should increase wildlife habitat connectivity along with a one-paragraph excerpt on why we should pursue roadkill mitigation after the section “Urban Green Space” that explains why urban green spaces are sustainable (my additions show how we can make urban green space even more sustainable). I inserted a one-paragraph excerpt on how wildlife in cities are more susceptible to suffering ill effects from toxicant exposure in the section “Cause of diversity change.”

For the article: "Urban Wildlife": I inserted a three-paragraph excerpt on how animals in urban environments can be susceptible to showing changes in morphology, physiology and behavior when compared to animals in natural areas under the section “Evolution” (the section was very lacking; it merely contained one paragraph before my additions).

For the article: "Protected Areas": I inserted a two-paragraph excerpt on the role of protected areas in protecting important natural ecosystems and the benefits that would bear fruit had we achieved the high-reaching goal of securing 50% of global land and seas to inter-connected protected areas under the section “Effectiveness” (the effectiveness of protected areas).