Thread by @RSPBEngland

⚠️⚠️Over the past few days, the Government has launched an #AttackOnNature. We’ve been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from YOU 🙏❤️

Now, what next – here's the plan. Thread 1/14

There’s more to follow. Much more. But the very first thing is to leave all our MPs in absolutely NO doubt as they sit in their party conferences that you care about wildlife, and this is a huge issue. 2/14

To do this all you need to do is click here 👇👇 on our new e-action, and follow the instructions. Please, please help. Click the link now. 3/14

action.rspb.org.uk/page/114089/ac…

What we are doing, basically, is asking three questions. Oh, and extending an invitation. Here are the questions … 4/14

Q1. Government - will you protect the laws that protect nature? 5/14

This means keeping the Habitats Regulations in UK law. These protect the very best wildlife sites up and down the country. Read more about these here. 6/14

rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-…

It also means keeping the laws protecting our rivers and beaches from pollution and sewage. 7/14

And while we are at it let’s make sure protections for nature are not trashed in these proposed new “Investment Zones” 8/14

Q2. Government - will you make sure that in return for taxpayer's money, farmers are fully supported to farm in a way that protects and enhances the natural environment? 9/14

This is a 2019 manifesto promise. It means keeping and developing the new Environmental Land Management Scheme that many in @DefraUK have worked so hard on. 10/14

And we know that food security relies on nature’s health. Let's have an end to this false argument about food vs nature. Without nature, ultimately, there is no food. 11/14

gov.uk/government/sta…

Q3. Government – ahead of the global COP15 summit of Convention on Biological Diversity, will you restate unambiguously that your government will deliver "the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on earth." As clearly written in your 2019 manifesto (p3) 12/14

The legal commitments for nature’s recovery in the Environment Act were a very welcome step. But the Government cannot hope to meet them if the answer to the first two questions is ‘no’. 13/14

And finally – will you meet with us @SimonClarkeMP and @ranil ? 14/14