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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Saving our special sand dune flora </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sand dunes may hold a special place in your heart – a holiday memory perhaps. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But sadly we have to alert you to the perilous state of some of their specialist flora. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a supporter of Plantlife you are in a unique position to help – and we urgently need you to do so.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sand dunes are complex, unstable systems that are naturally mobile, supporting a specialist flora that prefers the bare sand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the majority of the UK’s dunes have been stabilised, with devastating effects on their flora and other forms of biodiversity. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Special plants such as the pear-fruited bryum, long-leaved thread moss and cernuous bryum <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">are all now extinct</strong>. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The exquisite pale yellow <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fen orchid</strong> (dune variant), and populations of dune mosses and liverworts such as <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">petalwort</strong> are in critical danger. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: FSLola; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: FSLola; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Plantlife is launching an urgent rescue campaign. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be working with landowners and land managers to deliver better wild plant conservation action on the ground. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To do this as effectively as possible we need your help.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: FSLola; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: FSLola; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Please do give what you can to </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">help us </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">to protect and conserve our most threatened species and habitats. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Donate Now and help us make a real difference to the future of the sand dune flora.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Many thanks for your valuable support.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p>