Protecting & Enhancing Nature: A Practical Guide for Sport and Physical Activity Organisations
Sport depends on nature.
Whether it is a village cricket ground, a city leisure centre, a rowing club on a river, a parkrun route, a golf course, or a major stadium, every sport relies on healthy natural systems. Nature provides the clean air we breathe, the water we drink, the soils beneath our pitches, and the landscapes that support our health and wellbeing. Yet across the UK and around the world, nature is under unprecedented pressure.
Wildlife populations are declining. Habitats are being lost and fragmented. Climate change is placing additional strain on already vulnerable ecosystems. This is a material problem for sport. Biodiversity loss increases flood risk, reduces resilience to extreme weather, affects the quality of playing environments, and undermines the health and wellbeing benefits that sport seeks to deliver.
This is a material problem for sport. Biodiversity loss increases flood risk, reduces resilience to extreme weather, affects the quality of playing environments, and undermines the health and wellbeing benefits that sport seeks to deliver.