Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 38
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 165
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should not count its wins early: protected areas should only be reckoned to contribute to the 30 by 30 pledge if they are effectively managed and improved. We recommend the Treasury ensure that all bodies involved in the monitoring of 30 per cent of the UK’s land and seas receive funding allocations sufficient to allow comprehensive monitoring to be undertaken. We note it is far less expensive to conserve nature than to restore damaged or degraded resources and the costs involved are small compared to the financial and wider health and well-being benefits.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 165, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).