Government urged to develop 'nature-positive' policy plans for key industries

Michael Holder
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WWF and Aviva are calling on the government to work with business to develop nature-positive policies that can help drive investment into projects that reverse nature loss

Nature-positive strategies are needed for every major sector of the UK economy in order to provide businesses with investible propositions for halting and reversing the ongoing degradation of the natural...

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