How music is helping to promote the protection of biodiversity

The Crowned Crane is one of the threatened bird species whose song can be heard on the album "A Guide To The Birdsong Of Western Africa." Photo: AFP

Music has many virtues. It improves our mental wellbeing, but also our cerebral plasticity and our cognitive capacities.

And it now seems that it can help raise awareness about threats to biodiversity, with albums such as A Guide To The Birdsong Of Western Africa, inspired by the songs of endangered birds in West Africa.