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From bumblebees and wildcats to dolphins and seabirds, nature is in trouble.
Climate change, pollution and habitat loss have all contributed to this loss of wildlife, but now Brexit puts at risk the environmental protections that Scotland’s wildlife and landscapes depend upon.
But it’s not too late – we can still secure ambitious protections for Scotland’s land and seas.
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To protect our amazing wildlife, we need the Scottish Government to commit to a dedicated Scottish Environment Act that will:
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Collectively, 35 environmental charities from across Scotland have come together to ‘Fight for Scotland’s Nature’ and gather support for a Scottish Environment Act.
EU protections have played an overwhelmingly positive role in protecting and enhancing our natural environment by setting clear objectives for legislation, providing funding mechanisms and a variety of routes to ensure implementation.
The prospect of Brexit threatens to unravel this set of critical environmental protections at a time when 1 in 11 species in Scotland is at risk of extinction.
We cannot afford to be left behind by EU and global partners. This is why we need a Scottish Environment Act to set clear ambitions for our own environmental policy and set us on a clear trajectory towards a more sustainable future. This is all the more important as we approach 2020, a year critical for the culmination of global efforts to halt biodiversity loss.
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