Thursday, May 23, 2013

Bee and Wild Flower Biodiversity Loss Slows



May 22, 2013- Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study.



Researchers led by the University of Leeds and the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in the Netherlands found evidence of dramatic reductions in the diversity of species in Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands between the 1950s and 1980s.

But the picture brightened markedly after 1990, with a slowdown in local and national biodiversity losses among bees, hoverflies and wild plants.

Image by Mike Leveille



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