5 ways to help create a wilder future for Yorkshire - by Amy Cooper of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

New years are a new start – whether you manage to keep them or not, all of us consider new years’ resolutions each January and think forward to what we might like to change in our lives through the year ahead. This year, we would like to encourage you to consider what changes you might be able to make that will benefit others; our wildlife, our community, and our collective mental health.

Progress towards achieving the biodiversity goals set out nearly two years ago by over 200 countries worldwide has been slow; the UK, which continues to be one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, is only on course to meet four out of our 40 domestic environmental targets.