Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Conclusion 51
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 257
Environmental Audit Committee Biodiversity and Ecosystems All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Protecting existing ecosystems, be that ancient woodland, peatlands, or kelp forests provides the most cost-effective and significant contribution to NbS in the UK. Given the majority of the UK’s ecosystems lie outside of protected areas, more needs to be done to lock carbon and conserve biodiversity in these spaces.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 257, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).