Butterfly Conservation report reveals 42% decline in distribution of 58 native species since 1976
from nearly 23m butterfly records, said there needed to be a “massive step-change” to reverse what it described as disastrous declines in insect populations.
“We’ve been focused on the most threatened butterfly species, which is stopping them going extinct,” said Richard Fox of Butterfly Conservation, the lead author of the report. “But there’s a massive challenge revealed by millions of pieces of data in the report, and we need a massive step change in our approach to tackle this and meet thethat now exists for halting the decline of wildlife. This report shows we are not halting the decline of wildlife.
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