The UK government is falling far short of delivering its 25-year plan to improve the environment, the country's nature protection watchdog said on Thursday, highlighting in particular a chronic decline in the abundance of key plant and wildlife species.
In 2018, the government set out a long term plan designed to "leave our environment in a better state than we found it", publishing targets across a broad range of areas and promising a new public body to monitor its implementation.
"Progress on delivery of the 25 Year Environment Plan has fallen far short of what is needed to meet government’s ambition," said OEP Chair Glenys Stacey. In response, the government highlighted environmental legislation passed last year and said it would build on that with an Environment Improvement Plan soon. That would set out action to "reverse the decline in nature, achieve our net zero goals and deliver cleaner air and water,” a spokesperson said.
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