Of birds and bees
IF I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood,’ said the naturalist Gerald Durrell. His Greek-island education might have been rackety, but he found purpose in lying on his stomach contentedly observing the intricate life of insects). Soon, the engrossing subject of natural history that directed the course of his life may be taught to GCSE level, to the generation in whose hands the future of the environment lies. For how can they be expected to recover biodiversity if they don’t know what the word means, how it works, what can be realistically achieved and what are the consequences of their intervention?
