UK wildlife is at “crisis” point with over 120 species now at risk of extinction due to intensive farming, the State of Nature 2016 report will warn. The National Trust’s Peter Nixon says the problem is not the farmers but “the industrialisation of agriculture driven by subsidies.” Those hardest hit are butterflies, birds such as the skylark and wild bees of which 25 species are now extinct in the UK. “The government has failed to act on its own responsibility for protecting our wildlife,” said Nixon.
UK wildlife is at “crisis” point with over 120 species now at risk of extinction due to intensive farming, the State of Nature 2016 report will warn. The National Trust’s Peter Nixon says the problem is not the farmers but “the industrialisation of agriculture driven by subsidies.” Those hardest hit are butterflies, birds such as the skylark and wild bees of which 25 species are now extinct in the UK. As we have previously noted, the fall in the numbers of bees, for instance, will have "major implications for biodiversity, agricultural biosecurity, global economies and human health."