Thread by @RSPBEngland

❤️🙏🌍Today the RSPB stands in solidarity with @nationaltrust

They have been very clear about the #AttackOnNature, please read the excellent statement below.

But the UK Government is still not listening. So, what now? Read on … thread ...

nationaltrust.org.uk/press-release/…

We agree with @nationaltrust director-general Hilary McGrady when she says:

“We are facing one of the biggest threats to nature in my lifetime. It potentially means we will be turning some of our most precious green spaces grey.” 2/

thetimes.co.uk/article/nation…

In short, there is an #AttackOnNature and we are still not hearing the assurances that nature needs from the UK Government. 3/

express.co.uk/comment/expres…

So, we must respectfully and politely tell the UK Government, and our MPs, clearly, and unequivocally that we love nature, and we want to hear that they will protect it properly. 4/

Nature needs our voice like never before. And this is what we want 👇 5/

First, we need the UK Government to commit to keep the laws that protect nature. These laws are NOT red tape. They keep wildlife from dying out completely. They are the foundation on which we build and restore our land. 6/

Second, we need the UK Government to ensure that nature is fully protected and indeed flourishes in the proposed Investment Zones. 7/

Third, we need the UK Government to categorically state that it will not return to area-based payments and ensure the Environmental Land Management Scheme genuinely delivers for nature to its original timetable. 8/

So, as they are not listening, we ask all of you, including our 1.2 million members, to now stand ready to support an even bigger campaign. 9/

We hope of course this won’t be needed, that the UK Government will urgently give us the assurances we have collectively asked for. 10/

But if we do need to act, we will. 11/

And we were much encouraged by the strength of feeling at a gathering organised by local people in Hampshire on Friday in the @DefraGovUK Secretary of State's constituency, supported by the @HantsIWWildlife, @WoodlandTrust, @CPRE, @ChrisGPackham and ourselves. 12/

Working together, we will make nature’s voice heard. 13/

Are you in? If so, please share this thread …share your views #OneTeamForNature #DefendNature

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