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Help us ensure nature is given the priority it deserves and call on all political parties to #RestoreNatureNow.
Join us in London on 22nd June alongside thousands of others inc @Natures_Voice @WoodlandTrust @nationaltrust @wwf_uk.
Pledge to march 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/restore-n…
A muddy and misty start to the day on Thorpe Cloud, but who needs views when you have corvids and kites for company, gliding alongside.
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Please join me and sign this petition to send our leaders a powerful message ahead of the next UK election that National Parks matter
#SaveOurNationalParks – at East Midlands, England
📉 Wildlife and habitats on the brink of destruction
💩 Rivers and lakes clogged with sewage
🔥 Fragile ecosystems ravaged by climate change
🚧 A growing divide between who can live, work and visit National Parks
It's time to #SaveOurNationalParks
👉👉👉 bit.ly/48PTbsg
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Interesting piece in the @theipaper today. Interesting comments by @CraigBennett3. The year the ‘appalling state’ of UK rivers became a major public concern
inews.co.uk/news/environment…
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Really important story from @horton_official 👇
We won't improve the health of our #rivers simply by changing how we monitor them
We need govt to put more funding into frontline regulators, target all sources of pollution & make a clear plan to meet its legally binding targets
Exclusive: England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards theguardian.com/environment/…
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We welcome this encouraging direction from Labour to end the cull to focus on vaccines and biosecurity. We have been calling on the government to stop badgers being killed en masse for good and focus on cattle measures and badger vaccination instead. 🦡
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With the Govt removing protections for rivers in Derbyshire, endangering some of our most fragile and precious spaces for nature, it's more important than ever to let us know how waterways are important to you and if they deserve to be protected - surveymonkey.co.uk/r/J7HZZFH
Broken promises again and again. When will the government realise, they can’t treat rivers like this – and that we need to keep pollution laws #nutrientneutrality 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/blog/ali-…
Scott Blance retweeted
The @OfficeforEP has responded again with perfect clarity: "What is certain is that the proposed amendments would amount to regression in law."
The Government must surely retract its statement and then the #NutrientNeutrality amendment.
bit.ly/45ABnj1
Government has responded to the @OfficeforEP's letter on #NutrientNeutrality with evasion.
The OEP says Government proposals would weaken the law, DEFRA's response refers to outcomes
@DefraGovUK do you accept that the OEP's conclusion that the proposals are a regression in law?
Scott Blance retweeted
England’s rivers and the wildlife that depend on them are in crisis. 📉
We want to see freshwater flourishing by 2030 and through the #Nature2030 campaign we’re calling on political leaders to help make that happen.
Find out more 👉 wcl.org.uk/nature-2030-minif…
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Know a Derby /Derbyshire community group, or charity that needs help with funding?
Know someone who wants to give local but doesn't know where to start?
Open up a world of community activity to them beyond the brands
Let them know about @Foundation_DBS
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Concerning findings here. Any ideas how we embed democratic accountability into incoming combined authorities? Are there actually enforceable/bespoke Nolan Principles for mayoral offices? @LGAcomms
Research by @SMKcampaigners & @CivilExchange identified numerous threats to the vital elements of our #democracy – those that enable people to have a voice, amplify that voice to decision-makers, and help hold politicians to account. 🧵👇smk.org.uk/democraticspace
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⚡️ NEW ⚡️
🔖 Report from @HLEnviroClimate on what govt must do to meet its pledge to protect at least 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030.
🎯 To hit the target at least 23.5% more land (1.5 x the size of 🏴 ❗️ ) must be protected in the next 7 years.
committees.parliament.uk/pub…
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With the #REUL bill returning to the Commons on Weds, Lord Krebs explains the rationale for his amendment that passed last week 👇
Without govt compromise, future ministers could change or weaken vital environmental protections with impunity 📜 ⚖️
greenallianceblog.org.uk/202…
Love this road verge in Ashbourne. Fantastic biodiversity collab between @derbyshiredales + @Derbyshirecc @CllrBarryLewis
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That’s a startling statistic. This is something we have a responsibility to correct.
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1 day left to comment on draft flood strategy. Encouraging sentiment: 'management of future flood risk in Derbyshire will focus more on catchment wide, nature-based solutions'. But where is the accountability in the associated action plan?
Just a couple of days left to help shape how we manage flood risk in the future as the consultation on our Local Flood Risk Management Strategy ends on 28 April.
derbyshire.gov.uk/council/ha…
Outrageous that local authorities had only 10 days to respond to a full @DefraGovUK consultation over the Easter holidays. This can only further undermine the relationship between central and local govt further
3/5 Stakeholders have been given just 10 days to respond to Air Quality Strategy consultation published today 🏙️
@jasontorrance , interim chief executive of UK100, described this as "unacceptable" and said its left local leaders "gasping for breath".
endsreport.com/article/18193…
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The partnership had not had the impact we all hoped it would. The time has come to try a different approach and to identify a better way to protect birds of prey from continued, illegal persecution.
Peak District deal to protect birds of prey ends as illegal killing continues theguardian.com/environment/…
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Derby is only the 22nd greenest city in Britain. We can do better than that!
Everyone should have access to a healthy, natural environment. Add your name to demand more space for nature in our cities 💚
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Last year only 31% of Derbyshire's local sites were in positive conservation management. @NorfolkCC has more designated sites overall, with 71% in positive condition, so what's stopping @Derbyshirecc from doing the same? @RuthGeorge6 @CllrRenwick
gov.uk/government/statistics…
