The joint report was signed by the five UK statutory nature agencies: Natural England (NE); Natural Resources Wales (NRW); NatureScot; Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
The report states that more efforts to maintain biodiversity would deliver “huge benefits” to human health, well-being and the UK economy, but will require significant societal changes.
It suggests nine priority actions that should to be taken by 2030 to help reverse the biodiversity decline trend. These include better conservation of wildlife habitats outside protected areas; investing in habitat restoration; tackling pollution; developing the market for green finance, and deploying nature-based solutions to help mitigate climate change.
The report suggests that efforts to aid in nature recovery should be on the same footing as those for climate change if the UK is going to meet its net-zero carbon targets by 2050.
Tony Juniper...