Manx Wildlife Trust (MWT) is launching a program of ten conservation projects to halt biodiversity decline. These ten projects have initially been chosen for the ‘Action for Wildlife’ program and MWT have built multiple partnerships with Government, industry, funding partners and NGO’s to help make them happen. These include marine, bird, tree, and habitat projects that target over 50 of the Island’s most endangered species.
The Isle of Man is not immune to the world-wide biodiversity crisis. 70% of our birds and 40% of plants are of conservation concern, with species regularly being lost to the Island. In the past 100 years the way we manage land and sea has changed in ways that are unprecedented over the 5,000 years of Island civilisation.
In 2019, MWT proposed a new approach to reversing the loss of wildlife in the Isle of Man. ‘Action for Wildlife’ will directly target the Island’s critically important and endangered habitats and species. With an emphasis on ‘action’, it is recognised that reversing biodiversity loss needs to be immediate and effective, before it is too late. While work has been ongoing on some projects for a few years, MWT now have all ten projects active and are ready for them to start delivering real results.
