There is no doubt we are facing a climate emergency.
BCC Springwatch's Chris Packham will be campaigning alongside Extinction Rebellion at Euston Railway Station on the 28th September in an attempt to save "Britain's Amazon" from being destroyed by the HS2 project.
At least 108 ancient woods are threatened with loss or damage from the two phases of HS2, with phase one already underway.
The same type of environmental destruction is also likely to be seen in Norfolk if the County Council is allowed to proceed with its plans to build the Wensum Link Road
The three mile Road which could cost Council Tax payers up to £30m will impact on crucial spots for biodiversity, because the trees it will destroy are hundreds of years old and have therefore become prize spots for rare invertebrates, bats and birds.
The woodlands also absorb carbon from the atmosphere, combating global warming like a small-scale Amazon Rainforest.
Mark Keir, an organiser for Stop HS2, who is also part of Extinction Rebellion, said the climate change group is proud to have brought "Middle England" into the fray. He said: "HS2 is ripping up a vast area of ancient woodland and there's going to be such an incredible loss of biodiversity here. "We have 2,400 species in this area, we have otters, water voles, eels, glow worms, barn owls, tawny owls, little owls, kestrel, kite, buzzard, sparrowhawk, peregrines. 120 species of bird that nest in the trees and it's far and away the most biodiverse area of London, we can't afford to lose it.
Norfolk County Council talks of replacing those parts of the prized and protected countryside it will be destroying but this rhetoric as many objectors points out simply misses the point. Every ancient tree that gets cut down, a 900 year old tree has 900 years worth of biodiversity in it. If you plant a new tree now, it'll take 900 years to get anywhere near what has been lost.
Help us fight climate and preserve ancient woodland by signing and sharing the petition to oppose the Wensum Link Road: http://chng.it/zGyJb6N5