We would like to thank all our signatures to this petition for their continued support in 2024. We have now exceeded 10,000 signatures. We have received support from 62 countries now from every continent thanks to the supporter from French Southern and Antarctic Territories. We also have 50 promoters.
To enable the petition to continue momentum we would be very grateful if you would share this petition with friends, family, and likeminded people.
Further reasons for signing from our supporters:
Antonio from Brasilia, Brazil said “We have a duty to preserve greenery and quality of life for future generations.”
When the Owlthorpe Grassland Grazing Project was conceived its objectives was to create a habitat for skylarks to replace the local ones that were being lost.
The plan was to create symbiotic relationships that would preserve the existing local flora and fauna also to encourage the introduction of new species.
The grazing of the cattle would deplete some areas of the grassland whilst enriching other areas.
The depleted areas laid bare by the cattle’s trampling hooves creates the ideal habitat for native wild flower seeds to germinate.
The dung from the cattle attracts insects and invertebrates that are food for wild birds and small mammals. These in turn are food for raptors.
The objective were achieved thanks to the help of local volunteers including the school children and grants from Sheffield City Council.
Sheffield City Council (SCC) plans to build on Phase 2 of Owlthorpe Grassland Grazing Project. This cannot be achieved without the destruction of these hedgerows that had been managed under the Natural England’s Higher Level Stewardship Scheme and classified by Natural England as of “High Environmental Value”. This will destroy the carbon capture that we have achieved so far. The funding of new hedgerows came from Sheffield City Council’s Ward Pot for Carbon Sequestration.
The new hedgerows around the perimeter of the site were some of the 12,250 newly planted trees, with the help of over 150 local primary (elementary) school children, before 2012.
The photograph shows children who took part in the planting hedgerows on the Owlthorpe Heritage and Nature Trail on the day it was opened.
Best Regards – Roger Marsh