‘Ancient rainforest to be restored in Devon, with 100,000 trees planted this winter’
In north Devon about 100,000 new trees have been planted as an ‘attempt to boost wildlife’ by providing new habitats. This also acts as a carbon store and aims to ‘offset climate change… purify air and water’ while creating a ‘species-rich’ area.
‘Norway becomes first country to back controversial deep sea mining’
Due to the ever rising demand for technological devices, Norway has voiced support for deep sea mining. Ecological scientist have warned about the irreversible damage it could do to the ecosystem. However, it has been mentioned that the materials can also be used to make climate friendly technology such as solar panels and not just common technologies such as smartphones and TVs.
This can link to environmental value systems (topic 1)
Belgium has seen floods and a hurricane, destroying homes, land, and animal habitats.
Links to: topic 3 biodiversity, topic 7 climate change
link to article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66939022
Posted on 27th of September 2023
The populations of seabirds in Scotland have declined by about ‘49% between the years 1986 and 2019 across 11 seabird species.’ it has stated that it is ‘one of the most nature depleted counties in the world.’ The causation may have been linked to ‘agriculture, forestry and fishing as well as climate change and pollution’.
Scotland used to be quite renowned for the variety of bird species so this decline is quite worrisome for the biodiversity of the area.
This would link to the topic of biodiversity and management of food sources.