What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity describes the overall biological variety of an area in reference to:
Ecosystem diversity - the different types of habitats present (for example, woodland, meadow, or river).
Species diversity - the number of different species found in the area.
Species abundance - how many individuals there are of each species.
Species distribution - how those species are spread across the area.
Genetic variation - the differences in genes within populations of the same species.
What's the Problem?
According to the State of Nature Report (2023), there has been an overall 32% decline in species abundance across England since 1970. Whilst there are a variety of reasons for this decline rising temperatures have a major impact.
