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Why allotments offer urban oases for bees and butterflies – MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN – The Conversation) Half of the world’s people already live in urban areas, and that number will only grow in the future . Is this bad news for biodiversity? Not necessarily. Towns and cities can be home to a surprising amount of wildlife – if they’re…

(MENAFN – The Conversation) Half of the world’s people already live in urban areas, and that number will only grow in the future . Is this bad news for biodiversity? Not necessarily. Towns and cities can be home to a surprising amount of wildlife if they’re managed appropriately.
Pollinating insects help provide many of the delicious foods that city dwellers take for granted, but in Britain alone, a third of wild bee and hoverfly species are in decline . While most people want to ‘save the bee…

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