The biodiversity stripes have been so popular they now have their own home at biodiversitystripes.info which aims to raise awareness of the loss of wildlife. The new site also provides some new stripes based on UK data for priority species, moths and farmland birds. Measuring and indicating biodiversity is very complex, which can make telling a simple story about the loss of wildlife difficult, but there is an urgent need to make the problem visible. People need to be aware for change to happen.

biodiversitystripes.info – a dedicated home for the biodiversity stripes

In other recent news, the stripes have been adopted by the Nature Positive campaign led by Nature4Climate. A global effort to raise the profile of action to protect, manage and restore natural ecosystems for the benefit of the world’s peoples, the climate and biodiversity. They also appeared at the COP27 Nature Zone, part of the backdrop to many events. Alongside the climate warming stripes, the biodiversity stripes decorated a baton to be taken to COP15 to unite the climate and nature agenda.

Some might wonder why biodiversity matters and about the link to nature connectedness. Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It supports life and is fundamental in providing the air we breathe and food we eat. Humans evolved within a vibrant, biodiverse, natural world. It is inherently good and vital for our wellbeing. Yet through a disconnected relationship dominated by use and control of nature we have done great damage to the natural world. A spiralling breakdown as when biodiversity decreases so does our relationship with nature. A failing relationship that the UN recognise as the root cause of the environmental crises. Which is why our wider research explores ways to fix the failing relationship with nature.