Biodiversity



"'I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.' Frank Lloyd Wright"

Action Ideas

 * Nature trails
 * Wildlife corridors
 * Wildlife surveys

Why it matters
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Related topics

 * category:Biodiversity


 * Trees, woodland and forest
 * Seasonal UK
 * Growing and gardening

Related Wikipedia content

 * Great Apes Survival Project

Random facts

 * The great apes are the closest living relatives to man, bonobos sharing 98.4 per cent of our DNA, gorillas 97.7 per cent and orang-utans 96.4 per cent. Source: Defra

International links

 * WildAid

UK links

 * Nature’s Calendar Woodland Trust site to help see the effects of global warming on Nature’s Calendar
 * Wildlife Trusts Site includes links to local trusts
 * Bat Conservation Trust
 * BTCV
 * Landlife
 * British Trust for Ornithology
 * Environment Agency (Public body)
 * Animal Aid
 * Wild About Gardens
 * Plantlife

Northern Ireland links

 * Conservation Volunteers NI

Consultations

 * Public consultation on wild boar, September 2 2005

News UK

 * Wednesday, August 16 2006 - First site to be designated to protect water voles declared in Kent. English Nature press release
 * Saturday, July 15 2006 - Almost 90 per cent of heathland consumed in fire - Catastrophic rare species losses on top heathland site in stockbroker belt English Nature press releases / South East England
 * Wednesday, July 12 2006 - Endangered species released in London. Wildlife Trusts news press news
 * Sunday, June 18 2006, UK biodiversity - significant gains, but major challenges remain.
 * Wednesday. March 29 2006, London’s wildlife at risk in drought / Marine Bill Consultation: Why aren’t Fisheries included? ask The Wildlife Trusts, The Wildlife Trusts' Press News
 * Monday, March 20 2006 - Woodland bird survey reveals large national increases in numbers for some species but decline in long distance migrants, Woodland Trust press release
 * Friday, March 3 2006 - Action to prevent a mass eradication of badgers.
 * February 6 2006 - UK and Indian governments agree urgent action to save tigers from extinction, Defra News release
 * More research needed on wildlife, not less, January 9 2005
 * Biodiversity grant scheme launched "working to halt the loss of biological diversity", December 15 2005
 * UK urges Japan to scrap its scientific whaling programme, November 11 2005
 * Government dolphin protection measures exposed as hollow gesture in High Court, October 10 2005

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