In each case, the authors have been asked to describe the pressures on nature, the state of nature as a consequence and the responses that have been made to these drivers of change.
Highlights
Agricultural management
Rory Harding, Kent Wildlife Trust, and
Dan Tuson, Natural England.
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Climate change
Lucy Breeze, Kent County Council.
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Hydrological change
Hannah Reid, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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Urbanisation
Nicky Britton-Williams, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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Invasive non-native species, pathogens and pests
Andrea Griffiths, Medway Valley Countryside Partnership.
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Pollution
Air pollution: Stephen Peckham, University of Kent. Water pollution: Philippa Taylor, Environment Agency.
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Habitat management
Woodland: Matt Hayes, Kent Wildlife Trust. Lowland Calcareous Grassland: Alison Ruyter, Kent Wildlife Trust. Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh: Alan Johnson, RSPB. Coastal Habitats: Stephen Weeks, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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Marine
Compiled by Chris Drake,
Kent County Council, including content from Willie McKnight, Kathryn Collins and Ian Humpheryes.
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Wildlife recording
Tony Witts, Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre.
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District level licensing
Great Crested Newt: Nicky Britton-Williams, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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People engagement in conservation
Keeley Atkinson, Lee Mason-Baldwin and Amy Fitzmaurice, Kent Wildlife Trust
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Public health
Introduction from Maya Butler at Natural England and content from Isabel Shaw, Rufus Howard and Julia Baker.
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