Wildlife trust launches £1m fundraising drive

Surrey Wildlife Trust has launched a campaign to raise £1m to reverse the loss of biodiversity

A wildlife trust has launched a campaign to raise £1m to help reverse the loss of biodiversity in Surrey.

The Surrey Wildlife Trust’s fundraising drive will focus on its target of restoring 30% of UK land and sea for nature by 2030.

The trust’s chief executive, Sarah Jane Chimbwandira, said wildlife and the people who work to protect it were more dependant than ever on donations due to rising costs.

“For all our sakes, nature’s decline must stop here,” she said.

The Save Surrey’s Nature campaign will focus on the trust’s plans to restore and expand the county’s most diverse and threatened habitats.

Ms Chimbwandira said the trust will work with businesses, landowners and public bodies to ensure that wildlife “doesn’t just thrive in protected pockets of habitat, but also in the places in which we live and work”.

“This will increase the beauty and diversity of our green spaces, reduce the harmful effects of global heating and pollution and give people of all ages and backgrounds a much better quality of life,” she said.

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