https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/02/development_and_conservation_not_mutually_exclusive/

Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and UCL have found a clear link between economic development and improved biodiversity.

The boffins compared bird and mammal populations with socioeconomic trends in 33 low and middle-income countries. They found positive relationships between economic growth and wildlife abundance: "The richer the people, the safer the biodiversity."