Across much of the developed world, nature recovery has arguably become second only in priority to climate change - and the two are closely related.The argument has moved on from nature being ‘nice to have’to being essential to ecosystems, human health and economic prosperity.Many plant, mammal, bird and insect species and populations have declined, and some are threatened with extinction. Although inconsistent across species, the UK's biodiversity levels have been relative stable during the past few years. But this stabilityis at a fairly low leveLThe reasonsare complex and multifactorial, but it would also be wrong to suggest land-use change and agriculture haven’t played their part during the past century.
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