Officials said the UK is on track to meet international obligations but could not provide any assessments of that progress.
The Government has no evidence to back up a recent claim it made saying the UK is on track to meet its internationally-agreed targets on improving nature, campaigners have said.
Dr Richard Benwell, CEO of the WCL, said: “The Government is making big claims on its achievements for nature’s recovery that simply don’t hold up to scrutiny.“Given that the 30×30 target is a critical milestone for improving nature, it is disappointing, to say the least, that Government is not tracking its progress and can provide no policy route for how the target will be met by the deadline.
The Natural History Museum said the UK has been a world leader in wildlife destruction since it began to industrialise. Only 7% of the country’s woodland is in good condition, as are 14% of its rivers and 25% of its peatland, which apart from being an important habitat itself is also a significant natural carbon sink, helping to slow the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere.
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