Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: DN37 9TG, Seachill UK Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/ZP3436LV/V006Found: The Humber Estuary , which is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA) and
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2022Found: protected sites, conservation orders) • Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 Poaching and game
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2022Found: Small numbers of carca sses come from other conservation or wildlife organisations, or from members
Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024
Inquiry: Children, young people and the built environmentFound: Demographics Set in the heart of Stockwell's picturesque and historic Georgian grade two conservation
Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) conflicting demands on land: agriculture, housing, calls from some people for rewilding, health, and conservation - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) We understand human nature, and we know that people will deceive themselves and others. - Speech Link
3: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) But we should focus on conserving plants, trees, nature, wildlife, landscapes and the green belt. - Speech Link
4: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) That should demonstrate to him the scale and the widespread nature of the problems that we face.I was - Speech Link
Found: The test would ensure that allocation of sea space is compatible with nature and climate targets
Asked by: Boyack, Sarah (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards the commitment to protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030.
Answered by Slater, Lorna - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity
Achieving the commitment to protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 (30 by 30 commitment) is a key component in our ambition to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and substantially restore it by 2045. The target has already been achieved at sea with the suite of Marine Protected Areas. On land, our existing protected areas cover 18.2% of Scotland. It is envisaged that the 30 by 30 commitment will be achieved on land by improving the condition of existing, as well as creating new, protected areas, alongside developing a network of ‘Other Effective [area-based] Conservation Measures’ (OECMs).
Our 2023 consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity included a draft policy framework on our 30 by 30 commitment, which was co-designed with over 100 organisations and individuals representing a diverse range of interests. We are considering responses from that consultation, which will inform the final framework to be published later this year.
A further consultation, to gather views on whether the legislative framework for our current protected areas needs to be strengthened, was launched on 3 April and will run until 24 May 2024. It can be accessed at: https://consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/meeting-our-30-by-30-commitment-a-consultation/ . This will inform any requirements within the Natural Environment Bill.
A stakeholder group convened by NatureScot will help develop the OECM criteria which sites must meet to be considered within the ‘30 by 30’ network. This work is being carried out in parallel, and in discussion with, the other UK administrations to ensure a degree of consistency of approach.
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the target set in the Autumn Statement 2021 for private finance to support nature’s recovery, what proportion of the £1 billion relates to the marine environment.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government is committed to mobilising private finance into nature’s recovery in England against our target, both on land and at sea.
We have not set specific targets for the terrestrial and marine environment respectively.
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of private investment in (a) terrestrial and (b) marine nature recovery in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
As set out in Mobilising Green Investment: 2023 Green Finance Strategy, we are committed to monitoring progress against our target to raise £1bn in private finance into nature’s recovery in England every year by 2030.
The government has not produced an official annual estimate of private finance into nature’s recovery, as no reliable measures are yet in place. My department is developing a methodology for tracking this private finance. We will publish our first annual estimate, using this methodology, once data is available.
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: TS2 1UB, Fine Environmental Services Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/ZP3438CF/V003Found: The use of technical terms and acronyms are inevitable in a document of this nature: we provide a glossary