Countryside and wildlife conservation groups want a judicial review of government action on nature loss.
ShareA coalition of more than 80 nature conservation groups is launching a legal bid to force whichever party is in power next month to improve government targets on tackling wildlife decline in England.
The Conservatives have committed to protecting a minimum of 30% of land and sea for biodiversity by 2030.Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of 83 environmental groups, wants a judicial review of what it claims is a government failure to review and improve existing targets for England, as set out in the Environmental Improvement Plan .
A spokeswoman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it was unable to comment on any legal action. But the heads of some of the UK’s largest conservation groups have come together to urge UK general election candidates from all parties to do more. Beccy Speight, chief executive of the RSPB, said: “We need all political parties to tackle the nature and climate crisis as one.”
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