'Nature corridors' to be created in London to help insects and wildlife

It can difficult for wildlife and pollinators to move through big, bustling cities safely but a new 'nature corridor' in London is hoping to change that.

The Wild Cities project will bring multiple groups together to work on the project including ecologists, football clubs, transport authorities and people who live there.

The corridor will run for 14 miles through East London in an attempt to rebuild biodiversity in the capital.

It's hoped more cities in the UK will be able to create nature corridors in the future too.

In London currently, the lack of greenery in some neighbourhoods means wildlife and bugs can be isolated and find it hard to move from one area to another.

According to the insect conservation organisation Buglife, habitat patches should ideally be no more than 300m apart.

Research has also shown that as well as helping biodiversity, more greenery can help to cool down urban areas and support food systems.

Paul Hetherington from Buglife said a lack of green spaces near each other is contributing to Britain's decline in pollinators.

He said: "When communities, institutions and ecologists commit to the same vision, a corridor of life can grow where there was once only concrete, creating an insect superhighway."