'Stop wasting money': Government urged to invest £1bn annually in nature restoration

Cecilia Keating
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Ministers must shift spending from polluting infrastructure towards restoring degraded lands and seas to deliver a green recovery, the Wildlife Trusts argues

Campaigners are calling on the government to invest £1bn a year in nature restoration, arguing that reversing the rapid degradation the UK's land and seas should be both an economic and climate priority...

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