Description: Safe Passage for Wildlife
Until relatively recently our impact on wildlife was seen as a necessary consequence of our progress towards faster transport systems and economic advance. However there are improvements which can be made to lessen our impact on nature. These range from green bridges and wildlife tunnels to fencing and accident prevention. There have been some interesting developments recently. In June 2020 the Daily Telegraph reported that £8.5 million had been spent in two years on wildlife passageways. The Knutsford – Bo
Other countries are significantly more advanced in this regard than the UK. Both Canada and the USA can point to major projects to protect wildlife. In Europe France built the first green bridges in the 1950s but it is Holland which leads the way now with more than 47 ecoducts.
Jewels in Nature Aims and Objectives Raise public awareness of the extent of damage caused to wildlife by construction projects Raise local and central government awareness of the extent of the problem Investigate the extent of the problem and its impact on different categories of wildlife To look at existing constructions such as motorways and railways to determine whether retrospective solutions could be introduced To develop a regional network of wildlife groups, raising the profile of this issue with th