With the #COP15 biodiversity summit ongoing in Montreal, I visited the wonderful @RSPBEngland reserve at Minsmere. A pleasure as ever to visit and thanks to Site Manager Nick Forster for showing me round and telling me about the RSPB's great work for nature. 
During the visit - in Thérèse Coffey's constituency - I called on the Environment Secretary to reverse the government's attacks on nature which the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts and others have rightly criticised.
I made 3 demands:
1. Publish a clear pathway to meet its commitment to restore 30% of land for nature by 2030
2. Scrap plans to weaken protections for nature in the Retained EU Law Bill
3. Stop dragging its feet on introducing the promised nature-friendly farming payments scheme
1. Publish a clear pathway to meet its commitment to restore 30% of land for nature by 2030
2. Scrap plans to weaken protections for nature in the Retained EU Law Bill
3. Stop dragging its feet on introducing the promised nature-friendly farming payments scheme
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Restoring nature is deeply important to people in Thérèse Coffey’s constituency and around the country. During this COP, the Environment Secretary must rethink the govt’s approach and show international leadership.
We must treat the ecological emergency with the same urgency as the climate emergency also demands.
That's why @TheGreenParty is calling for a Rights of Nature Act to extend legal protections for wildlife and habitats and a Commission for Nature to oversee the Act’s enforcement.
That's why @TheGreenParty is calling for a Rights of Nature Act to extend legal protections for wildlife and habitats and a Commission for Nature to oversee the Act’s enforcement.
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