Appreciated @cmp2020 and participants of this conversation.

A little over a month ago I went to visit my son @ulisesfl17 who is located in an urban development near the center of the city of Maturín, Monagas state, Venezuela. This is a very intervened area from the environmental point of view, less than 800 meters away is the José Tadeo Monagas airport, besides it is surrounded by big residential structures, public institutions, clinics, educational institutes, avenues, among others. It could be said that the existence of flora and fauna is reduced to small gardens and some trees planted on the margins of the avenues that are frequented by insects and species of domestic birds, such as pigeons.

I remember that 65 years ago I lived in this city, its sectors and streets could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Maturín was a small town that tried to impose its germination in the heart of a spectacular ecosystem of tropical savannah with its dense vegetation of grasslands and bushes; its main natural body of water had a very generous flow, today the Guarapiche River is so degraded, polluted and with such a low flow than any other aquatic ecosystem trapped in the middle of human and industrial settlements.

The intervention of these natural spaces generated loss of the landscape, deforestation on a massive scale for residential, industrial and agricultural purposes; considerable affectation of surface and underground water bodies due to the demand for the resource to supply domestic, recreational, industrial and agricultural needs that ended up disappearing water veins and proportionally diminishing the hydrological system; this negatively influenced the hydro-climatic pattern and its impact has been phenomenal.

After 120 days of having paralyzed 95% of air traffic, limited vehicle traffic due to lack of fuel and sanitary quarantine, paralyzed economic, educational and recreational activities, among others; air quality began to improve, the thundering and vibrant noise of airplanes, cargo vehicles, public and private transportation disappeared; the pedestrian crossing diminished and a pleasant calm took over the city. This tranquility and environmental conditions encouraged the visit of wildlife that had been expropriated and thrown out of their habitat because it was necessary to give them a social use.

So, thanks to the cessation of human activities by mandatory compliance with preventive measures before the COVID-19, mammal and bird species that were seen in captivity as pets have been sighted. To conclude, I present some images where a group of parrots are found in chaguaramo palms eating their fruits; this had never been appreciated by the inhabitants of the urbanism that was built 35 years ago.

Own images, taken with iPhone 6 cell phone.

When the balance of the hydrological cycle is disturbed and other environmental components are drastically affected, the climate pattern takes a turn with unfavourable consequences for humanity and the biosphere in general. One way to harmonize ecological relations would be to think about and execute a territorial reordering, to take care and protect areas and ecosystems that are sensitive because of their environmental components; to become aware of fossil energy consumption and to decontaminate natural water bodies...

We can do a lot for the planet; however, we would receive more than we give.