Why is our nature in decline?

Changes in the way we manage our land for farming, along with the wider impacts of climate change, are widely cited as being the biggest causes of wildlife decline across our land, rivers and lakes.

At sea and around our coasts, unsustainable fishing, climate change and marine development are harming wildlife and the marine ecosystem.

The UK’s nature has been depleted by centuries of habitat loss, development and persecution, well before widespread data gathering began in 1970.

We’re building more houses, roads and towns than ever before, and all of this takes away vital habitats from the nature that makes our country so special.