In 2013 the UK's wildlife organisations joined forces to undertake a health check of nature in the UK and its overseas territories. They found that:
- 60% of the UK's species have declined over the last 50 years
- Of the 6,000 species assessed, more than one in ten are thought to be under threat of extinction in the UK
- Our ability to monitor the state of nature, and therefore respond, is hampered by a lack of knowledge
- What we do know about the state of nature is often based upon the efforts from dedicated volunteers
- Climate change is also having an increasing impact on nature in the UK
There have been a further two triennial reports since then. Click here for the most recent report.