In each case, the authors have been asked to describe the pressures on nature, the state of nature as a consequence and the responses that have been made to these drivers of change.
![Sheep grazing in rolling countryside](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sheep-grazing-in-rolling-countryside-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Agricultural management
Rory Harding, Kent Wildlife Trust, and
Dan Tuson, Natural England.
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![Flooding in fields](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Flooding-in-fields-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Climate change
Lucy Breeze, Kent County Council.
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![Views over marshland and reedbeds towards nearby farms,](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Views-over-marshland-and-reedbeds-towards-aspect-ratio-760-400-1.jpg)
Hydrological change
Hannah Reid, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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![European wigeon Anas penelope flock in flight over Elmley Marshes RSPB Reserve](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/European-wigeon-Anas-penelope-flock-in-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Urbanisation
Nicky Britton-Williams, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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![Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pacific-oyster-Crassostrea-gigas-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Invasive non-native species, pathogens and pests
Andrea Griffiths, Medway Valley Countryside Partnership.
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![View over frost covered Elmley Marshes towards cooling towers of nearby industrial site.](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/View-over-frost-covered-Elmley-Marshes-towards-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Pollution
Air pollution: Stephen Peckham, University of Kent. Water pollution: Philippa Taylor, Environment Agency.
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![Highland Cattle Bos taurus at The Larches nature reserve](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Highland-Cattle-Bos-taurus-at-The-Larches-nature-reserve-aspect-ratio-760-400-1.jpg)
Habitat management
Woodland: Matt Hayes, Kent Wildlife Trust. Lowland Calcareous Grassland: Alison Ruyter, Kent Wildlife Trust. Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh: Alan Johnson, RSPB. Coastal Habitats: Stephen Weeks, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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![Crab fishing in Whitstable](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Crab-fishing-in-Whitstable-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Marine
Compiled by Chris Drake,
Kent County Council, including content from Willie McKnight, Kathryn Collins and Ian Humpheryes.
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![Vegetation monitoring](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Vegetation-monitoring-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Wildlife recording
Tony Witts, Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre.
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![Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Great-Crested-Newt-Triturus-cristatus-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
District level licensing
Great Crested Newt: Nicky Britton-Williams, Kent Wildlife Trust.
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![Family enjoying the Bluebells](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Family-enjoying-the-Bluebells-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
People engagement in conservation
Keeley Atkinson, Lee Mason-Baldwin and Amy Fitzmaurice, Kent Wildlife Trust
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![Children looking over a barrier](https://kentnature.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Peter-Cairns-2020Vision-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg)
Public health
Introduction from Maya Butler at Natural England and content from Isabel Shaw, Rufus Howard and Julia Baker.
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