In the Guardian today, the above and a report which, of course, does not tell you how well, relatively, Scotland is doing with restoring the natural environment. In Scotland: At present, only 18% of Scotland’s landmass met the 30% restoration target that the Scottish and UK governments agreed to in the Kunming declaration on tackling the biodiversity crisis in 2021. 1 In England, for example? Government draft 30×30 criteria and mapping published in December 2023 concluded 8.5% of English land counted towards the 30% target. 2 Not in the (our) public interest? Sources: Discover more from Talking-up Scotland Subscribe to get the latest posts … Continue reading Scotland ‘only’ restores TWICE as much of natural environment as England does but we’re ‘resting on our laurels?’