{"id":8464,"date":"2022-09-27T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=8464"},"modified":"2022-10-03T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T10:58:50","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2022\/biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biodiversity Crisis and Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/221-Biodiversity-image-bees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8503\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/221-Biodiversity-image-bees-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Biodiversity image bees\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/221-Biodiversity-image-bees-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/221-Biodiversity-image-bees.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Why the <span class=\"markjwgvp65xz\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Biodiversity<\/span> Crisis matters as much as Climate Change and what we can do locally to make a difference.<\/h3>\n<p>On Mon 26 Sep Soroptimist International St Albans and District hosted a truly inspiring meeting on Zoom about the Biodiversity Crisis and what we can do to improve the situation locally alongside Climate Change. It was great to be able to welcome so many \u00a0guests from other Soroptimist Clubs, local community groups and Soroptimist friends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/HERTS_MIDDLESEX_LOGO_PRIMARY_COLOUR.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8466 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/HERTS_MIDDLESEX_LOGO_PRIMARY_COLOUR-300x113.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/HERTS_MIDDLESEX_LOGO_PRIMARY_COLOUR-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/HERTS_MIDDLESEX_LOGO_PRIMARY_COLOUR.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Helen Byrne welcomed everyone including our speakers <strong>Tim Hill, Conservation Manager<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0<strong>Herts &amp; Middlesex Wildlife Trust\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/\">www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Nadia Bishara<\/strong> who has been leading the work of the St Albans group\u00a0<strong>Wilderhood Watch\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wilderhoodwatch.org\/\"><strong>https:\/\/wilderhoodwatch.org\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Wilderhood-Watch.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8469 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Wilderhood-Watch-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Wilderhood-Watch-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Wilderhood-Watch-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Wilderhood-Watch.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>This year Helen is sharing the presidency of the St Albans Soroptimist Club as well as facilitating the great work of the Club\u2019s Planet Team. Club Members have all learnt a great deal about the Climate Crisis and have been working to reduce our carbon footprints and our use of plastics and we continue to look for other ways we can take action including advocating for Net Zero. We are now keen to turn to the other major Crisis in our natural world \u2013 the Biodiversity Crisis. What does it mean for us and for our planet and what can we individually and collectively do about it? Helen said \u201cWe are hoping that this evening\u2019s session will go a long way to answering those questions at least for our own locality and that we will finish the meeting with more knowledge so we can share the message and with some clear actions which we can take individually and together to help make a difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8564\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust-150x150.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Tim Hill Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Tim Hill<\/strong> spoke first &#8211; his presentation was titled \u201cAn integrated approach to addressing the climate and nature crises\u201d. He explained how climate change and the loss of biodiversity are intrinsically linked.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation is summarised below and please download the PDF version here to see the whole presentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SISTA-HMWT-29-Sept-22-Tim-Hill.pdf\">SISTA HMWT 29 Sept 22 Tim Hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The HMWT is a charity with 22,000 members. Its work is to protect habitats and the wildlife they support. It has 44 nature reserves and wider countryside providing places where people can experience, enjoy and learn more about wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8571 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Tim Hill Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust\" width=\"250\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>The <em>Hertfordshire\u2019s State of Nature Report<\/em> assessed over 10,000 different species and how their status changed between 1970 and 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/stateofnature\">https:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/stateofnature<\/a> This report is deeply shocking revealing that in the last 50 years <strong>in Hertfordshire alone<\/strong> 76 species became extinct, 1446 species are now of conservation concern &#8211; <strong><em>we have a nature crisis!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hertfordshire County Council declared a climate emergency in July 2019 (St Albans did too). Herts CC published a strategy and action plan in 2020 to make Hertfordshire cleaner, greener and more sustainable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertfordshire.gov.uk\/microsites\/sustainable-hertfordshire\/sustainable-hertfordshire.aspx\">https:\/\/www.hertfordshire.gov.uk\/microsites\/sustainable-hertfordshire\/sustainable-hertfordshire.aspx#<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8565\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Tim Hill Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust.png 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Tim-Hill-Herts-and-Middlesex-Wildlife-Trust-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The species in woodlands and wetlands have decreased massively in the same period. Hertfordshire is a water stressed county caused by climate change and too much water being taken out of the natural water supplies. Wetlands don\u2019t get chance to recover between droughts anymore. We have chalk streams in Herts which are a very rare endangered habitat.<\/p>\n<p>We need a joined-up solution \u2013 Tim gave us two important quotes: <em>\u201cThe science is now clear that biodiversity loss and climate change are inextricably linked and to tackle one, we need to tackle the other.\u201d <\/em>From a 2019 global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services. <em>\u201cCarbon capture and storage is the only hope for mankind\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Sir David King, former chief scientist to the UK government. This is <strong>HMWT\u2019s Call to Action<\/strong> \u2013 to create more, bigger, better and connected wild places.\u00a0 HMWT is calling for at least 30% of our land and water to be connected and protected for nature\u2019s recovery by 2030 &#8211; this means providing 20,000ha more in Herts for nature. HMWT has started on \u201cPutting Nature Back 2030 Ponds by 2030\u201d with water voles in all of Hertfordshire\u2019s rivers by 2030 (some success on the River Ver already). Creating amenity spaces for nature, capturing carbon through habitat diversity (wild flowers with long roots can sequester carbon and with mower blades raised slightly they can thrive in lawns). Wild Stevenage, Wild Dacorum and Wilder St Albans are already making a difference \u2013 this can easily be rolled out wider.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a garden you can do 5 things \u2013 plant a tree, dig a pond, increase wildflowers, create deadwood habitats, make a hole in your fence to create routes between properties for hedgehogs and other small mammals.<\/p>\n<p>#WilderStAlbans is a 2 year programme with HMWT working with St Albans City &amp; District Council to increase the habitats across St Albans and the wildlife they support by coordinating a programme of practical action by the community (including working with our second speaker from Wilderhood Watch St Albans). Read more about Wilder St Albans and watch the video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/wilderstalbans\">https:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/wilderstalbans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTCtC2Kpwds\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTCtC2Kpwds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tim took some great questions from the group:<\/p>\n<p>Q: Is \u201cno mow\u201d working? A: it was started in Stevenage in 2010. The wild\/now mow areas are monitored to give data to show success \u2013 within 2 years diversity increased dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Do bee hotels work? Do they need to be cleaned? A: just creating opportunities for wild life is always a good thing \u2013 bee hotels don\u2019t last forever and if the environment isn\u2019t right the bees move on somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>Q: I don\u2019t want to change political parties but want to support a green agenda \u2013 what should I do? A: join a conservation organisation \u2013 e.g. \u00a0RSPB, Wildlife Trust, Woodland Trust, then when you write to your MP to raise issues you can say you are a member which carries weight because these are big organisations with many thousands of members.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Has HMWT considered reintroducing beavers? They are incredible creators of wildlife habitat. A: they are amazing \u2013 much better at managing habitats than humans. HMWT is looking into introducing them but it is complicated &#8211; \u00a0to find out more you can visit Spains Hall Beavers in Essex &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spainshallestate.co.uk\/nfm_beavers\">https:\/\/www.spainshallestate.co.uk\/nfm_beavers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/231-Biodiversity-Lets-work-together.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8563\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/231-Biodiversity-Lets-work-together-150x150.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity cartoon - lets work together\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/231-Biodiversity-Lets-work-together-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/231-Biodiversity-Lets-work-together-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/231-Biodiversity-Lets-work-together.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Anna Barrett introduced our next speaker by quoting Rob Hopkins \u201cif we wait for the government it will be too late\u2026 if we act as individuals it will be too little\u2026 if we act as communities it might just be enough\u2026\u201d. Anna has been working with <strong>Nadia Bishara<\/strong> from the St Albans group\u00a0Wilderhood Watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wilderhoodwatch.org\/\">https:\/\/wilderhoodwatch.org\/<\/a> in her own community in Chiswell Green including the rewilding of Greenwood URC where we hold our Soroptimist meetings.\u00a0The work of Wilderhood Watch is all about getting local communities to work together to collectively make a difference to the environment. It was launched in 2019 at the Sustainability Festival in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/238-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8569\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/238-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans-2.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Nadia Bishara Wilderhood St Albans\" width=\"200\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/238-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/238-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans-2-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>You can download Nadia\u2019s presentation here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SISTA-WW-presentation-26-Sep-Compressed.pdf\">SISTA WW presentation 26 Sep Compressed<\/a>\u00a0 and you can watch a recording of the presentation on Zoom by clicking here <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T4qn5Ywhi1U\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/T4qn5Ywhi1U<\/a> (with apologies for missing the start).<\/p>\n<p>Nadia said that the group had started by creating green corridors \u2013 joining gardens \u2013 Project \u201cHedgehog Street\u201d making gardens hedgehog friendly with <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/236-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8568\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/236-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Nadia Bishara Wilderhood St Albans\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/236-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans.png 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/236-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>access between gardens. The group share vegan recipes and published a plant guide to help people choose pollinator-friendly plants. \u00a0They are creating a pollinator highway and have plant swaps. They have created meadows and have a meadow walk. There are \u201cBuzz Stops\u201d \u2013 where wildlife planting has been carried out around bus stops. The group has found working with Wilder St Albans (which we heard about earlier) really helpful. They have worked with the Council so that they just mow areas with wild flowers twice a year. George St Canteen were awarded Wildlife Gardening Champions and the event \u201cWorld of Trees\u201d at St Albans Museum and Gallery got even more neighbours and schools on <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8567\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Nadia Bishara Wilderhood St Albans\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans.png 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Nadia-Bishara-Wilderhood-St-Albans-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>board with the projects. Soroptimist Anna Barrett handed out sunflower seeds to Members and anyone involved with Greenwood URC for the fun sunflower challenge this year. By 2022 they have lots of projects \u2013 so that people can pick what interests them and have fun with their community at the same time. Anyone in St Albans can get involved &#8211; talk to your neighbours and get a few of them to join you in choosing a project your street can work together on. Over time other neighbours will join in. Wilderhood St Albans were busy at the Sustainability Festival again this year of course \u2013 and will be at the Greenwood Park Wildlife Festival on 15 Oct 11am to 3.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Q: what is the connection between Wilderhood Watch and Wilder St Albans? A: they are separate and Wilderhood was supported by Wilder St Albans because the Wilderhood projects make a big positive contribution to the work of Wilder St Albans.<\/p>\n<p>Q: what RHS course did Nadia take? A: it was an online one and she will send details<\/p>\n<p>Q: Who maintains meadow spaces and how can you rewild them? A: find out who maintains them and ask them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Group-Thumbs-Up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8566 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Group-Thumbs-Up-300x140.png\" alt=\"Biodiversity and Climate Change - Group Thumbs Up\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Group-Thumbs-Up-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/235-Biodiversity-and-Climate-Change-Group-Thumbs-Up.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Helen Byrne then closed the meeting, thanking everyone for coming. She said we were all blown away by what we had heard from our 2 speakers and we all had a lot to take on board and work on. Everyone gave the event a big thumbs up &#8211; see photo!<\/p>\n<p>We had some great feedback in the Zoom chat including \u201cThanks for two wonderful, practical talks which were totally inspiring!\u201d and \u201cMassive thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Optional donations were asked for when people booked to support the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/\">Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust<\/a>\u00a0there was no pressure for a donation because the event was an opportunity for more people to understand the seriousness of the situation and to take action. If anyone feels they would like to make a donation\u00a0please click here for more information<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/donate\/\">\u00a0sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/donate\/<\/a> We will publish the total here soon.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the event, the Club&#8217;s Communications Officer, Jane Slatter was interviewed on St Albans local radio Mix FM 92.6 <a href=\"https:\/\/mix926.com\/\">mix926.com<\/a> by Elly O&#8217;Meara.\u00a0 Thanks to Elly and also to Jackie Sampson for including the interview on her show. 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