Warwickshire is home to wide range of habitats, like grassland, woodland and heathland but according to the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s States of Habitats 2025 report, many of our habitats are in decline.
By keeping our ecosystems healthy, we are not only protecting essential areas for nature, but they also have an important role in mitigating climate the change and helping our community to adapt to the changing climate. By keeping our ecosystems healthy and supporting nature, we are supplied with the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the natural resources we need for medicine, shelter, fuel and industry.
Improving habitats across the Borough can:
- Increase biodiversity
- Improve habitat connectivity for wildlife
- Support pollinators
- Provide nesting and foraging habitats
- Store carbon in trees, soils and vegetation
- Reduce flood risk through natural water management
- Provide cooling and shade during hotter summers
- Improve habitat resilience to climate change
Nature is important and can be considered as part of the solution to reducing emissions across the Borough. For example, trees naturally regulate the climate by absorbing CO2, but they also act as natural flood management by slowing how quickly water hits the ground with their leaves, and their roots improve soil structure, allowing rainwater to soak into the ground rather than surface run-off.