This page is the beginnings of a portal for UK community action in response to Ecological emergency. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages...Near you.
Topic, news and resource articles[edit | edit source]
- Community action on biodiversity UK, News
- People's Plan for Nature
- Rewilding UK
- Environment quality activism UK, News
- Open spaces activism UK
- Community river action UK, News
- Trees, woodland and forest UK, News
- UK wetlands
- Coastal community activism UK
- Rural sustainability UK
Community action projects[edit | edit source]
Ecosystem restoration[edit | edit source]
How China’s most ‘futuristic’ city restored its mangroves, dialogue.earth (Jul 11, 2024) - Community-led approach to mangrove restoration in southern Thailand based on beekeeping, news.mongabay.com (Jun 18, 2024)
- EU passes law to restore 20% of bloc’s land and sea by end of decade, theguardian.com (Jun 17, 2024)
Ecosystem restoration is the process of halting and overturning degradation, resulting in cleaner air and water, extreme weather mitigation, better human health, and recovered biodiversity, including improved pollination of plants. Restoration encompasses a wide continuum of practices, from reforestation to re-wetting peatlands and coral rehabilitation.[1]
Citizen Science[edit | edit source]
Citizen science refers to the involvement, participation and engagement of citizens in local or online (global) scientific work relevant to the citizens' interests, usually as a hobby, often as a passion.
Citizen science can include such activities as:
- Reviewing photographs or data online and spotting patterns, anomalies, things of interest etc.
- Taking field samples in local areas such as water from creeks/rivers, monitoring air quality
- Taking note of and listing species spotted, to help scientists assess decline or increase in species in certain areas; for example, see Big Garden Birdwatch as one example of such an activity
- Going through old scientific records and finding relevant data from the past and/or digitizing data for future use
- Taking measurements, keeping specific records, noting changes, etc. related to the local environment
- Sharing scientific information with other citizens in layperson's terms to spread understanding and engagement
Near you[edit | edit source]
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