ZSL deplores proposed UK government move to weaken environmental protections

[UngulateNerd92]

ZSL stands with other conservation NGOs and shares their dismay and anger regarding reports that the UK Government plans to abandon more than 500 vital environmental protection policies rolled over from EU law after Brexit – as well as the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS).

As a central piece of policy following the UK’s departure from the EU, the ELMS represents a positive step towards economically supporting landowners in the accessible creation of space for nature restoration and environmental protection – moving away from the historic policy of compensation based solely on quantity of land owned.

Such reported changes would constitute a betrayal of the government’s commitment to being a global leader in climate and biodiversity action.

ZSL deplores proposed UK government move to weaken environmental protections

 

[Dassie rat]

Obviously, the UK can't afford to protect the environment. It considered that bankers weren't getting enough money by having 200% bonuses and that millionaires needed more money

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Obviously, the UK can't afford to protect the environment. It considered that bankers weren't getting enough money by having 200% bonuses and that millionaires needed more money

Well said @Dassie rat

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Here is another relevant article.

Green charities urge millions of members to oppose Conservatives/Tories’ ‘attack on nature’

RSPB, National Trust and others call on supporters to write to MPs as they argue ‘nature is not a negotiable luxury’

Environmental charities are mobilising their millions of members to take on the UK government over what they say is an attack on nature in the push for growth.

Groups including the RSPB, the National Trust, the Wildlife Trusts, and Wildlife and Countryside link are encouraging supporters to put pressure on Conservative MPs over proposals that they say strike at the heart of environmental and wildlife protections.

The main charities involved have a combined membership of more than 15 million.

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.amp...-of-members-to-oppose-tories-attack-on-nature

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Here is another relevant article.

Blog: What nobody is saying about the threats facing our UK wildlife legislation

We’re constantly being told about the threats facing our wildlife. But what about the threats facing the very laws created to protect our wild species and places?

Our journey started just over a year ago, in June 2021. We met through an innocuous online coffee and chat meeting organised by Conservation Evidence during the pandemic. At that stage we had no idea that, within a week, we’d be meeting regularly for the next year, having started a partnership that would find us coordinating a group of 48 UK NGOs to oppose critical changes being proposed to the Wildlife and Countryside Act. Dr Jen Nightgale wrote a blog for BIAZA, outlining the worrying changes to these proposals.

It isn’t the first time our wildlife legislation has been under attack, but it was the first time either of us had been involved. Neither of us had prior experience of policy work and maybe this was exactly why our partnership worked so well. And why we can be proud of the successes we’ve had so far. The fight to protect our critical wildlife laws is far from over, but our lack of experience enabled us to ask direct – if obvious - questions, bypass protocol to some extent, and keep pushing for change.

In this blog we’re highlighting how those proposed changes - to just one piece of legislation – appear to be part of a broader effort to undermine protection for our natural world. Right when it needs it most. We know that globally our biodiversity is in crisis. We know that the UK is one of the most ‘nature-depleted’ countries in the world. We know that, here in the UK, people are passionate about wildlife. And yet we find ourselves in a situation where numerous proposals - either as part of new legislation or in reference to current law – seek to remove robust protection and simplify (read: weaken) the measures we have to protect many of our wild species and places.

Blog: What nobody is saying about the threats facing our UK wildlife legislation | Biaza

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Here is another relevant article.

Prime Minister Liz Truss facing rural rebellion over anti-nature ‘growth’ push

Wildlife charities, Tory former minsters and millions of ordinary people raise alarm over environment.

Liz Truss is facing a rural revolt against her plans to prioritise a “dash for economic growth” over nature protection and the environment.

Senior party figures, including ministers under Boris Johnson’s premiership and former Tory leader William Hague, have joined the National Trust, the RSPB, the Angling Trust and Wildlife Trusts in criticising what they see as environmental vandalism.

It follows concerns Truss is treating the leading nature charities as part of a so-called “anti-growth coalition” that she claims to be confronting.

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.amp...-rural-rebellion-over-anti-nature-growth-push