Tag: garden
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How can your garden contribute to the fight against climate change? You can grow plants to lock away carbon for generations and boost biodiversity. Every action helps towards cutting carbon in our atmosphere and improving habitats for threatened species. Here are a few tips by Sally Nex from her book ‘How to garden the low…
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Biodiversity, the variety of plant and animal life in our environment, has declined in the UK by 19% since 1970 and one in six species in the UK face extinction. On top of this, there has been a 74% drop in populations worldwide in mammals, bird, fish, reptiles and amphibians since 1970. Every effort we…
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The way we cut our lawn in the garden can have a big impact on the biodiversity of our garden. Biodiversity refers to the diversity of animals and plants and the ecosystems they inhabit. There has a been a decline in the population of animals by 73% since 1970. It is important we contribute to…
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We face a biodiversity crisis across the globe. This means the number of species of animals and plants are declining rapidly because climate change is destroying their habitats. This has big consequences for us because this will impact the availability of food and medicine, especially if there is a big decline in pollinators. Pollinators are…
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Managing your garden in the right way will support the ecosystem that is struggling with climate change. Increasing carbon emissions is creating a double disaster of a climate change crisis and a biodiversity crisis. There has been a big drop in wildlife globally and we are on track to lose over a quarter of species…