Is this the future of UK nature?

The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world and despite nature struggling against all odds to survive, more than one in seven native species face extinction and more than 40% are in decline. We desperately need a new, global deal for nature that protects and restores.

Photos and words by Sam Hobson

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The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. A donation will help us protect, nurture and replenish cherished UK wildlife and our nation’s threatened land, rivers and seascapes.

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Is this the future of UK nature?

30% of UK birds are threatened with extinction

THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON UK WILDLIFE OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS HAS BEEN THE INTENSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE

Fly-tipping is a major polluter of urban rivers in the UK

Our birds are dying as a result of pollution

Pollinators are in decline

Hedgehog numbers have plummeted by a half in the UK since 2000

ENERGY SUPPLY IS THE UK'S SECOND BIGGEST EMITTER AFTER TRANSPORT

A PLANE TAKES OFF OR LANDS EVERY 45 SECONDS AT HEATHROW AIRPORT

Plastic pollution is starving our wildlife

Roads fragment our wildlife habitats

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