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Jan 24, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
NEWS: Protected areas in Britain are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the past 30 years, according to a new study led by @UK_CEH 🕷️🐞🪰

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#BiodiversityLoss 🧵 1/5 Map of Great Britain on left showing protected natural areas Almost 1 million records of 1,238 invertebrate species were included🐝. @RobertSCCooke & colleagues found that protected areas were richer in species than unprotected areas of the country but both suffered similar rates of decline in native insects and spiders between 1990-2018. Graph on left shows Species richness in protected and unprot