Proposed EU legislation aims to protect at least 20% of land and sea areas by 2030 but faces stiff opposition
“We have to turn that around. But we also have to be realistic,” Mr Varadkar said. “The nature restoration law as currently drafted goes far too far.”
“The principle of it is that we would protect nature on a portion of European land and that we would find a way to compensate farmers and landowners for protecting nature and that it would be done on a voluntary basis,” the Green Party TD for Dún Laoghaire told RTÉ radio.
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