MORE than 100 people took part in a protest march on Mother’s Day in Great Malvern.

The protest was launched by Extinction Rebellion Malvern, a group campaigning for action on climate change.

Marchers of all ages met at Malvern Cube before leading a funeral procession from Albert Road North to Church Street complete with pall bearers carrying a coffin bearing the word 'NATURE.'

A spokesman for the group said: “We are facing an unprecedented global emergency; the planet is in crisis and we are in the midst of a mass extinction bigger and faster than the one that killed the dinosaurs.

“More than 40% of insect species are extinct and a third are endangered We stand face-to-face with the prospect of the loss of billions of lives and human extinction.

“The time for denial is over – it is time to act.”

The procession in Great Malvern ended in Priory Park with several speeches, songs and chants along the way.

The demonstration finished with a 2 minute “die-in” when protestors lay down for a silent vigil for all the species that have been lost.

Extinction Rebellion’s Malvern branch is an offshoot of the larger Extinction Rebellion group, members of which regularly hold protests across the country.

Earlier this week, people claiming to be from Extinction Rebellion staged a naked protest during a Brexit debate in the House of Commons, describing the environment as the ‘elephant in the room on Brexit’.

On the Extinction Rebellion website, the organisation states its aims as being:

Support and encourage a citizens uprising in the UK of about 2 million people involving low level and higher risk acts of civil disobedience by some.

When ready, create a participatory, democratic process that discusses and improves a draft manifesto for change and a new constitution.