0202411062317

A Hop of Hope Description: A partnership project led by Citizen Zoo and involving the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants and Natural England returned the large marsh grasshopper to several wetlands across East Anglia as part of a rewilding project.
STARDIT ID: 0202411062317

Dates

State ongoing
Start 2018-01-01
Form updated 2024-11-07

Report authors

Julie Old (link)
0000-0002-2754-7757
main report author

Location

East Anglia, UK

URL

https://rewildingeurope.com/rew-project/hop-of-hope/

Aims

Increasing biodiversity in East Anglia wetlands, specifically the large marsh grasshopper

Keywords

biodiversity

insect

translocation

Category

management/monitoring

Inputs

individual

Citizen Zoo project as part of Rewilding Europe (link)

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Task: Promotes rewilding and community engagement re: grasshoppers
Recruitment: https://rewildingeurope.com/join-us/
Compensation: volunteer

funding

(link)

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Stichting Rewilding Europe

Outputs and impacts

event

Three translocations

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Impact: Increased biodiversity in the wetlands

event

Increased number of translation sites from two to four

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Impact: Increased biodiversity in the wetlands

other

Increased number of Citizen Keepers

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Impact: Support translocations