Useful Reports
links to an expanding selection of key reports
Biodiversity
The Environment
Nature
Waterways
Wildlife
BIODIVERSITY
The State of UK's Butterflies 2022 Report
https://butterfly-conservation.org/state-of-uk-butterflies-2022
Get Your Community Spaces Buzzing - handy guide from the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust (4 page pdf) including 'top pick plants' for bees.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy
(The UN Environment Programme, May 2023)
https://www.unep.org/resources/turning-off-tap-end-plastic-pollution-create-circular-economy
Report on Climate Change - IPCC 2023
New report released in May 2023 by theIPCC (the scientific body that advises the UN on rising temperatures). It contains an important summary of six key pieces of research completed over the past five years. The scientists say technology is providing solutions but the climate forecast is worsening.
Links to summary, full report, etc
NATURE
WATERWAYS
Chemical Pollution: The Silent Killer of UK Rivers - 2022 report by WildFish, RSPB, Buglife and The Pesticide Collaboration. Results showed a decline in the diversity of riverflies, aquatic invertebrates that are essential to a healthy ecosystem. During drought conditions, low water levels will reduce the dilution of chemicals and exacerbate the impact of chemical pollution on rivers ecosystems even further.
SmartRivers Progress Update 2023
https://wildfish.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SmartRivers-Progress-Update-2023.pdf
WILDLIFE