h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yes it is sad. There seems to be a rush to remove natural habitat and dig up front lawns to park cars. Fortunately some bizar places like the grounds of military bases are favoured by wildlife as relatively empty of humans, perhaps places where new buildings are put up should have a clause to ensure a small wilderness area is included. Many new business parks have grassed areas around which are little used and would be ideal for a small wilderness area. In fact a company that voluntarily puts in a small wilderness area could use it to their own advantage in recruitment to show they are a caring company, as long as animals get somewhere everyone wins.

I quite agree. I live in an area known for years for its' 'green' but back gardens are being built on, front gardens are being block paved and tarmaced, trees dug up, and gradually the developers take bite after bite of land.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest are also attacked. Small developments are allowed to intrude in to them, and they nibble away till the habitat is degraded, then take more.

I fear that any kind of 'protection' afforded to wildlife and habitats isn't worth the paper it is written on now. Good things are happening, but I sometimes wonder if it is too little, too late.

We must keep banging away at Governments till they listen.

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