We must treasure our biodiversity and natural heritage

We have pushed nature to its very edge and if we push past irreversible global tipping points, human civilisation as we know it simply cannot continue to exist

One-third of our wild bee species are threatened with extinction by 2030.

This Saturday, the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss will be hosting its very first meeting, and it couldn’t be happening at a more pressing time.

Biodiversity, for those not familiar with the term, is the variety of life on earth. It’s not merely something beautiful to admire from the roadside or our windows. It’s the meadows of native wildflowers and grasses supporting butterflies and bees. It’s the leafy richness of native trees. It’s the birdsong that greets the sunrise and it’s the rush of our rivers. It’s healthy bogs that absorb carbon dioxide and it’s the majesty of creatures underneath our waves.