Yes, it was. It was nestled among commitments to develop our aviation industry and become a world leader in space technology but the speech did include commitments to environmental legislation. Encouragingly, it mentioned binding targets on environmental improvement and talked of “restoring”, not just “protecting” our wildlife.
The full draft Environment Bill was published today. The proof will be in the detail and in the speed and energy with which progress is made to develop that detail and enshrine it in law. We will be analysing it and working hard to ensure it contains the key phrases we need: legally binding targets, a duty on public bodies to create a nature recovery network, and a financially independent watchdog with the teeth to hold government to account.
Please act now and write to your MP to ask them to take the Environment and Climate Crisis seriously, and put in place strong laws that will restore the variety and abundance of nature in their constituency and across the country. Wildlife is vital for the support systems that maintain both our lives and our livelihoods. By the time we’ve conquered space it may be too late.
Ever wondered how planting trees or restoring soil can help fight climate change? Carbon sequestration is nature’s quiet housekeeping - learn more in this blog.
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is almost law – and without key protections that the House of Lords has just voted to add to the Bill it could be disastrous for wildlife and wild places. We now need MPs to back these changes.
Area Manager, Ian Rickards, takes a moment to reflect on the work at Hothfield Heathlads throughout the summer months.
