#DefendNature: We Need You
UK Government is seriously threatening wildlife in Suffolk and around the UK
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
Send a postcard to your MP
Ask your MP to #DefendNature by sending a postcard that will land on the doormat of their office.
Write to your MP
- Download our template letter here OR our follow-up email template here if you've received an unsatisfactory response from your MP.
- Edit or add to the text to reflect your own concerns
- Find your MP here
- Send your letter by post or email to your MP
Climate march Nottingham by Leanne Manchester
Write to your local Councillor*
(*This impacts where you live and they need to speak up too!)
- Download our template letter here
- Edit or add to the text to reflect your own concerns
- Find your Councillor here
- Send your letter by post or email to your Councillor.
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 blog shared below.