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jackbepablo
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I know the news seems to be unremittingly grim on the Environment front (just look back over the last few pages of news stories highlighted and associated commentary), but it shouldn't stop you taking local action. TL;DR - local environment action done properly does help.
The long version. Five years ago some people where I live approached the Parish Council and pointed out that a small area of land they owned was effectively unmanged waste ground of little biodiversity value. They asked if they could take over the management, set up a community orchard and under plant it with native wildflowers. The Parish Council was happy to support the initiative. Eighteen months ago another group of interested local pointed out that what had formally been a small stream adjacent to the orchard land and which had been culveted for best part of a century could be opened up again and made into a albeit very small stream/wetland area. Again the Parish Council were happy to support this. With a minimum of charity donations and a lot of hard work from the community both projects were completed. I've been recording invertebrates in this small area now for about a year and the diversity of species that has returned is fantastic to see. Many of those that were involved in both project probably still don't know what they've managed to accomplish so I think finding ways to show them what they've achieved for local biodiversity is also important.