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Originally Posted by Cotham Marble  Whether there is either the interest in the general population or the political will to get to grips those 'big issues' remains to be seen. Ironically, I think that the real impetus for change will not come from English (or N.I, Welsh or Scottish) Institutions, but from the E.U, and anyone concerned about protecting UK wildlife probably needs to start thinking in more Internationalist terms.
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I personally don't feel the impetus for change can come from an institutional response, particularly in the likely mid term economic environment, but rather from the general population. I agree with what you're inferring here - that there isn't yet the political will or understanding among people generally to get to grips with this. I do believe that folk will get there - which is why I think highlighting this kind of news is so important, even though I'm sure it might seem rather over-dramatized to professionals (although I did notice Buglife used exactly the same "disappearing in front of our noses" phrase in their response to the report).
It is very much within our power as individuals to effect the kind of landscape wide changes required to restore or substitute lost habitats. I've bet my career on trying to get people to do it, so I hope I'm right!