UK Government must change course on nature protection

UK Government must change course on nature protection

The Wildlife Trust has issued a stark warning to Downing Street, urging a rethink on safeguards for green and blue spaces, the countryside and Britain’s few remaining wildernesses.  Policymakers are being asked to reconsider existing and inbound legislation that threatens nature. Environmentalists argue any further destruction of wildlife would reduce the country’s innate protections against increasingly extreme and volatile weather conditions. …