7.12.2011

loss of grassland habitats

Almost 10% of Europe's butterflies face extinction, report warns

Insects hit by loss of grassland habitats due to intensification of agriculture and abandonment of farming land

The large blue butterfly, which was reintroduced to England in the 1980s after becoming extinct, is now in danger throughout Europe. Photograph: Martin Warren/Butterfly Conserva/PA
See the gallery of endangered species

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