The threats facing UK nature

The front page of Tuesday's i newspaper had a large feature on the crisis facing British nature and the lack of political action.

UK species have declined by 19 per cent on average since the 1970s, with one in six species currently at risk of extinction, a landmark report published last year by the Government in collaboration with non-governmental organisations found.

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