3rd September 2024
The State of Nature report 2023 states: “The UK, like most other countries worldwide, has seen significant loss of its plants, animals and fungi. The data from State of Nature cover, at most, 50 years but this follows on from centuries of habitat loss, development and persecution. As a result, the UK is now one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth.”(1) This includes a 54% loss in the distribution of flowering plants, meaning more than half of the land is less rich in biodiversity.
Yet a rich biodiverse environment is better able to cope with and tackle the causes of climate change. (2)
(2) https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity
The Green Tau 