Think big

2010, ironically the International Year of Biodiversity, was the year we failed to meet the target to halt its loss. In the same year the Comprehensive Spending Review resulted in funding for nature being cut dramatically.

But there is now a new target to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2020 - the UK Government has signed up to it and, despite having less money, we cannot afford to fail again.

The RSPB is working to restore rainforests in Africa and Asia, and to save albatrosses in the southern oceans. Here at home we have a network of over 200 nature reserves across the UK and we are working with farmers and land owners to restore vast swathes of our countryside to its former glory.

Get stuck in

But we can't do this alone. We have to work with our supporters, members of the public and businesses to make it happen. We’re calling on millions of people to Step Up for Nature and do their bit to save wildlife, however and wherever they can. Millions of personal actions will help wildlife on the ground. But together, they will represent something much bigger - a vast movement of people determined to bring the nature we love back from the brink.

Governments must step up too. The UK Government and the devolved governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales must make the right decisions for nature. The UK must do its bit to help meet the global target to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2020, and through international leadership encourage other countries to step up too.

Nature is amazing. Nature is in trouble. Let’s step up and save it - together.

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