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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Possibly AI-generated but then it's presented as a summary of the linked article, which is decentish quality. (Assuming that the content is accurate and informative, personally I don't much care if it's written by a human or non-human intelligence, that seems to me like a religious distinction.)

That said, there's a complete blooper in the original (also summarized in the "AI slop"):

Some farmers could also be paid to keep livestock for environmental purposes. “I’m sitting here in Scotland where the Highlands environment is very manmade and based largely on grazing by sheep,” says Peter Alexander, a researcher in socio-ecological systems modelling at the University of Edinburgh. “If we took all the sheep away, the environment would look different and there would be a potential negative impact on biodiversity.”

This is just balderdash. It's precisely the sheep farming that's preventing the natural regeneration of the Scottish uplands into more biodiverse forests. It's become a classic polemic issue, pitting urban greens against conservative rural types. Disappointing that the Beeb should take sides so egregiously like this.