Rejection of law at Thursday’s vote would be a big blow to the European green deal
highlighted the need for the law, he said. “Restoring nature is an essential part of dealing with that ... look at the report that has come out last week, 72 per cent of businesses across the EU are reliant on ecosystem services; 75 per cent of bank loans across the Eurozone are at risk from biodiversity loss. So there’s a huge challenge here.”
, Mr Noonan noted, “as well as hundreds of other business associates who want us to restore nature. So I think it’s critically important that we get this across the line”. These benefits include peatlands storing and sequestering carbon; intact dunes systems and coastal wetlands protecting the property behind them by buffering storm surges, she added.
“We call on [the] Government to support and to promote a strong EU nature restoration law among other member states at the upcoming critically important votes in Brussels. This law must not fall and indeed should be strengthened for all our futures,” Ms Duggan said.
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