Small spaces, large steps for wildlife recovery A campaigning group of young conservationists is asking nature lovers to save small spaces for nature, creating a giant step for wildlife recovery.
Photo: Tree Bumblebee by Alan Wright
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he Lancashire Wildlife Trust Wilder Youth group believes that if everybody can make their own small area for nature, they will add to a larger network helping to start addressing the biodiversity crisis affecting the planet. The Lancashire Wildlife Trust Wilder Youth group believes that if everybody can make their own small area for nature, they will add to a larger network helping to start addressing the biodiversity crisis affecting the planet. The campaign, Small Spaces for Small Creatures, has a goal to create more than 100 square metres for wildlife in the North West, adding substantially to the Nature Recovery Network that is being built by fellow conservationists. By creating a square metre for wild flowers, vitally important insects will have a source of food and pollen. If this is increased 100 times it will mean many gardens will join parks and nature reserves, providing a haven for our bugs and other creatures and plants that depend on them.
Photo: Small Tortoiseshell by Alan Wright
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Wilder Youth have found that 41 percent of the world’s insect species are threatened with extinction over the next few decades and the rate of loss is much faster than other wildlife like birds and mammals - the local extinction rate for insects is eight times higher!
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