Further analysis suggests insect numbers in Kent have declined by nearly 75% from 2004 to 2022
Just as the UK Government has announced it will permit the use of a banned pesticide in England, more analysis of the data from the Bugs Matter 2022 survey has shown that Kent is suffering higher rates of insect number declines compared to the UK as a whole.
Read more here and see the 2022 Kent Report
Across the UK...
Thanks to citizen scientists like you across the UK, Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife have found a 64% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004 and 2022 across the UK, highlighting the urgent need for more, large-scale research on insects, and action to reverse declines in their abundance.
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