Dear friends and supporters,

Earlier this month, we sent you an urgent newsletter about the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the critical threat this poses not only to Danes Moss but to all wild and green spaces throughout our country. The Danes Moss Trust produced this blog on the topic as well. 

The Bill would allow developers to destroy habitats in exchange for paying money into a ‘Nature Restoration Fund.’ There is no evidence that this would balance the destruction of nature and every reason to believe that nature in this country will suffer massively if the bill becomes law. Incredibly, even irreplaceable habitats could be destroyed in exchange for a sum of money. 

Some MPs worked across party lines to propose amendments to the bill that would protect irreplaceable habitats such as peatlands and chalk streams. The government rejected all of these. 

This at a time when one in six of our native wild species are threatened with extinction (1, 2).

This at a time when we know that humanity’s future wellbeing and survival is at risk due to a worsening climate and nature crisis (3).

This should not be acceptable to anyone. 

So, here’s how you can help right now…