BBC Wildlife - UK (2021-12)

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his time last year, we were working on a

feature celebrating positive conservation stories

• 50 Reasons to be Cheerful, we called it. Sarah
  McPherson spoke to conservationists, scientists,
  volunteers and rangers from around the world
  about the incredible work they were doing. It made me feel
  hopeful for 2021. By the end of February, I had my doubts. I really
  struggled with that post-Christmas lockdown period. But then,
  as spring burst into summer, I felt my senses reignite, and took
  great comfort in nature’s insistence at carrying on. In her beautiful
  column this issue, Gillian Burke reminds us that nature can bring
  us hope in winter too. As I type, COP26 has just begun – an end to
  deforestation is this morning’s headline.
  It’s too early to celebrate, but just
  imagine if we really did pull this off, and
  finally start to put nature first... It’s a
  good thought, isn’t it?

Encounters with

wildlife are especially

welcome in winter

They say the darkest hour is

right before the dawn

PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR

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