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We have reached a tipping point. By 2030, we must see nature recovering, wildlife returning and ecosystems restored. We can’t defer; we can’t wait for more data or better reasons to act. The evidence is already there and we know what to do. If we delay, the damage will be irreversible. If we wait until the impacts of environmental breakdown are upon us – that is until we witness the rising sea levels, personally suffer the effects of pollution or notice the lack of birdsong – it will be too late.

Putting nature into recovery must be what we turn all our efforts to now; it has to be the priority.

It won’t be easy. This is a complex challenge and the next 10 years will be just the start, but we can do it.

In 1912 naturalist, Charles Rothschild, had a radical idea that would form the foundation of the conservation movement in the UK - wildlife preservation on a habitat scale. It evolved into a list of 284 sites which were deemed worthy of preservation. We are lucky enough to have one of these sites in Cheshire, still managed by our Trust today - Abbotts Moss Nature Reserve.

Cheshire Wildlife Trust was formed in 1962 by volunteers and with two nature reserves (then called the Cheshire Conservation Trust) and has grown significantly in the number of its members, reserves and influence since.