Nature as we know it is heading towards extinction. And it’s because of human activity. The Commission is asking the public to give their opinion on what nature restoration across the EU should look like – but only until the 5th of April 2021.
Logging, intensive agriculture and overfishing have pushed one million animal and plant species to the point where they’re hanging by a thread.
The European Commission will propose a new law to make nature restoration legally binding for EU countries. But as it stands, there is no definition of what this will actually mean.
BirdLife Europe, the European Environmental Bureau and WWF European Policy Office, have now launched #RestoreNature – a campaign supported by MAVA demanding to restore nature across Europe now. Their message to the European Commission is simple:
“Only through meaningful, transformative change at land and sea can we bring back the biodiversity we desperately need. It will help us to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, and prevent the future spread of diseases.”
Through their #RestoreNature campaign citizens from both within and outside the EU can demand that the EU develops a good law that can help reverse the fate of nature in Europe, and beyond and start giving land, sea and water back to nature.
This EU law can be a real game-changer for people and nature, but only if it is grounded in science. Failing that, it risks ending up an empty green-washing tool.
This is about the survival of our precious wetlands, peatlands, grasslands, forests, floodplains, rivers, and oceans. But it is also about our climate, our health, and the survival of humankind.
To see the campaign and sign the petition: www.restorenature.eu
