Lyme Online ~ The Green Page

Here's the evidence to support the claims made, and links to the organisations mentioned, in our article in Lyme Online, 13th March 2020

Greenhouse gas levels

• "Greenhouse gas concentrations in atmosphere reach yet another high" - World Meteorological Organization, 25/11/2019

Ocean acidification

• ​NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
• Intl. Union for the Conservation of Nature: Oceans are Acidifying Fast

Skylarks

• "In the UK, the skylark population halved during the 1990s, and is still declining. In the preferred habitat of farmland, skylarks declined by 75% between 1972 and 1996." RSPB

​Cuckoos

• "Since the early 1980s Cuckoo numbers have dropped by 65%." British Trust for Ornithology

​Curlew

• "There are now only 300 breeding pairs of curlew in southern England." The Independent

​Fieldfares

• Fieldfares are on the RSPB's Critically Endangered Red list

Insect populations

• In 2019 in the Journal Ecology and Evolution found insect populations had dropped by 80% in rural Denmark in the 21 years to 2017
• Conservation Biology reported an 81.6% drop in the insect population in a German nature reserve between 1969 and 2010.
• A survey in Kent shows a 50% drop in the insect populations between 2004 and 2019.

Hedgehogs

• The UK hedgehog population is estimated to have declined by 66% over the past 13 years. BTO

Toads

• The common toad population in the UK has declined by 68% in the past 30 years. Froglife

Bridport

• ​Transition Town Bridport
• Bridport Area Tree Plan
• Bridport Climate Emergency Action Plan

Char Valley

• River Char Community project
• Char Valley Lifelines Project
• Agroecology
• The Landworkers' Alliance
• ​National Trust Golden Cap estate
• The Land Magazine
• Prime Coppice
• Hogchester Farm