'Nowhere close': England off track to meet 2030 nature goals, conservation groups warn

Cecilia Keating
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'Nowhere close': England off track to meet 2030 nature goals, conservation groups warn

Wildlife and Countryside Link publishes damning appraisal of England's progress towards international biodiversity targets ahead of start of crucial UN talks

In the two years since the UK government signed up to global pact to halt and reverse nature loss, action to tackle biodiversity loss in England has stalled and in some instances gone backwards. That...

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