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#DefendNature: We Need You

No Nature. No Future.

Nature is under attack from plans by the UK Government to bulldoze thousands of laws that protect our environment.

A new Bill, officially called the Retained EU Law Bill (the REUL Bill), threatens to wipe away thousands of crucial laws which protect wildlife by the end of the year. This will lead to even more pollution poisoning rivers, more wild places at risk of being damaged – and potentially destroyed – and more wildlife threatened with extinction.

This is an attack on nature. We are urging the Government to bin the Bill – before it’s too late.

With wildlife now declining faster than at any time in our history, we need to act together NOW to #DefendNature.

How you can help: step-by-step

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STEP ONE

Send your MP a postcard

Ask your MP to #DefendNature by sending a postcard that will land on the doormat of their office

Choose your postcard

 

 

A poster at a climate march reads: "I want you to act as you would in a crisis. Act like our house is on fire because it is!"
STEP TWO

Tweet your MP

If you're on Twitter, use our simple form to send a tweet to your MP.

Take the action

 

 

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STEP THREE

Write to your MP

  1. Download our template letter here OR our follow-up email template here if you've received an unsatisfactory response from your MP. We also have a template here if you have a Labour MP.
  2. Edit or add to the text to reflect your own concerns
  3. Find your MP here
  4. Send your letter by post or email to your MP
Further guidance here

 

 

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Climate march Nottingham by Leanne Manchester

STEP FOUR

Write to your local Councillor*

(*This impacts where you live and they need to speak up too!)

  1. Download our template letter here
  2. Edit or add to the text to reflect your own concerns
  3. Find your Councillor here
  4. Send your letter by post or email to your Councillor.

Step five: Take the pledge

Will you pledge to write to your MP and councillor? 

Make your pledge now

Why are The Wildlife Trusts and other environmental charities so concerned?

We believe the UK Government has launched a full-scale attack on nature – leaving wildlife unprotected by tearing up some of the most fundamental laws we’ve got.

New planning laws and ‘investment zones’ announced on Friday 23rd September represent a ‘free-for-all’ on nature by weakening the laws previously in place to protect it from bulldozers and concrete. The new Retained EU Law Bill could also see the end of basic protections, leading to the loss of designated wildlife sites and a relaxation on pollution laws, resulting in more sewage in our rivers and streams.

What’s more, the UK Government is also reviewing the new system that has been developed to reward farmers that help to restore the environment. Reports suggest that instead they might revert back to the old system of paying farmers depending on how much land they own (with larger landowners receiving more subsidy). This is a complete about turn on the farming reform the Conservative Party promised to deliver in their election manifesto in 2019.

You can read more about these issues in our blogs shared below.