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The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022 report, released today by the charity Butterfly Conservation, revealed number have dropped dramatically in the last 50 years.
With various species of British butterfly in serious trouble how can gardeners help?
Half of Britain's butterfly species are at risk of extinction. A new 'Red List' published by UK charity Butterfly Conservation names 24 species as threatened, including eight as endangered.
Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect some of the rarest plants and insects, research at the University of York has shown. In particular the Great Yellow Bumblebee and the Mountain Ringlet Butterfly, which are at risk of further population decline, would benefit from Gene Conservation Units, currently only employed for forest trees and agricultural species or their relatives. Genetic diversity in these species is essential if they are to adapt to new, and often challenging, envi...