Ministers may have failed to protect wild birds with environmental law, England and NI watchdog says
UK government appears to be missing legal targets to halt species decline, Office for Environmental Protection saysThe government may have failed to protect critical wild bird populations by neglecting to implement environmental law properly, the environmental watchdog has found.Wild bird populations are declining across the UK. Under the EU, certain parts of Britain’s landscape were designated specially protected conservation zones when the UK was still a member state. They include estuaries, coastal areas and peatlands, as well as wetland areas where wading birds live, and places birds of prey prefer to nest. Continue reading...
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UK government appears to be missing legal targets to halt species decline, Office for Environmental Protection says
The government may have failed to protect critical wild bird populations by neglecting to implement environmental law properly, the environmental watchdog has found.
Wild bird populations are declining across the UK. Under the EU, certain parts of Britain’s landscape were designated specially protected conservation zones when the UK was still a member state. They include estuaries, coastal areas and peatlands, as well as wetland areas where wading birds live, and places birds of prey prefer to nest. Continue reading...
