nature reserves

The broadcaster David Attenborough has called for radical new approach to conservation, urging people to use all spaces from gardens to roadside verges to help wildlife. Nature reserves and national parks are not enough to prevent a catastrophic decline in nature he has told politicians, business leaders and conservationists. At an RSPB conference he said: “Where in 1945 it was thought that the way to solve the problem was to create wildlife parks and nature reserves, that is no longer an option. They are not enough now. The whole countryside should be available for wildlife. The suburban garden, roadside verges … all must be used… British wildlife was in grave peril of disappearing. “50% of the hedgehog population has gone in 25 years, 90% of the wildlife meadows have disappeared in 100 years; 60% of all wildlife is diminishing and in danger, with 10% doomed to disappear in the next decades. Nowhere in Britain is unsullied, is unaffected by human action. We now have a huge population living cheek by jowl with nature”.