Top 100 Ecological Problems in UK

In an attempt to bring science and public policy just a little bit closer, the top thinkers and scientists in the UK compiled a list of what they considered to be Britain’s 100 biggest ecological problems.  The list includes everything from organic farming, light pollution, and even ponders the effect house cats have on the bird population.

The list, a roll call of Britain’s most pressing ecological problems, is based on the suggestions of more than 650 experts in universities, conservation groups and government institutes. It is intended to inform policy-makers and steer research over the next decade to answer key questions in areas such as farming, climate change, pollution and urban development.

Bill Sutherland, an ecologist at the University of East Anglia who led the exercise, said: "I was very nervous about this and whether it would work because I don’t think anything like it has been done before. But scientists tend to think that policy-makers ignore the science and this was an attempt to narrow that gap."

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