
Matt Shardlow
@matteashardlow
Conservationist and nature writer
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08-01-2014 16:59:44
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Without changes the Planning Bill could rip up protections for habitats including internationally important chalk streams🚨 Vague promises on compensation won't do - we need strong nature protections Read more via Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust & Helena Horton 👇 theguardian.com/environment/20…





Before the Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in &they are leading a charge against the natural world. Please ask your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill and to tell the Chancellor to end her attack on nature wtru.st/fix-the-bill action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/ac…

.Richard Benwell is right - exempting small sites means almost three-quarters of developments face no requirement to compensate for nature loss - let alone enhance it. Govt pledges to restore nature aren’t worth the paper they were written on 👇 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Come on Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer the power is in your hands to make a difference. Do you really want to look back on your career in years to come and realise you left the natural environment in a far worse state because of short-term, short-sighted economics?







"Take away the funding for nature contracts, and farmers will be pushed back to intensive methods - forced to undo years of progress." We join industry leaders in writing to Daniel Zeichner ahead of potential #farmbudget cuts in the #spendingreview. 👇 news.sky.com/story/spending…



