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‘Nature law breaker?’: Green watchdog issues warning on key wildlife target

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Show Notes

As legally-binding nature targets loom in the years ahead, some campaigners say the government is at risk of being the first to ‘break nature law’. And that’s because according to the OEP this week, the chance to make a change on these targets before 2030 has ‘largely passed’.

On this week’s ECO Chamber, host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report senior reporter Shosha Adie speak with the OEP’s chief scientist, Professor Robbie McDonald, about the government’s poor progress on nature restoration targets, and what it would take to turn the tide.

Are ministers at risk of breaking the law?

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