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Scotland Natural Environment Bill:

Final push to defeat serious threat to nature

Thanks to thousands of people speaking up across Scotland, MSPs have voted to remove new powers from Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill that threaten key nature protections, and vote in the requirement for new buildings to include Swift bricks!

Now, the Bill is on track to be the lifeline that Scotland’s nature desperately needs.

But there is one final hurdle.

These issues could be brought back during the Bill’s final stage in Parliament. We need your help to keep these new powers out, and Swift bricks in, for good by emailing your MSPs today

What is the threat?

The Natural Environment Bill could introduce new, sweeping powers which undermine nature’s most vital protections - the Habitats Regulations and Environmental Impact Assessments. 

These laws safeguard iconic places like Loch Lomond, the Cairngorms and the Bass Rock, shielding our most precious landscapes – and the wildlife that depends on them – from damaging development and harm

These worrying powers were originally part of the Bill, But thanks to thousands of voices speaking up, MSPs have voted to remove them. But we’re not in the clear yet. We expect these powers will be brought back at the Bill’s final stage in Parliament, threatening Scotland’s most important nature protections once again. 

Swift nesting bricks

During Committee Stage, a group of MSPs have now voted to introduce Swift nesting bricks in new buildings, which could help turn around the fortunes of these wonderful but rapidly declining birds. This would make Scotland the first country in the UK to do so, leading the way for others to follow.

One in nine species is already at risk of disappearing from Scotland forever. For the first time in Scotland’s history, we could introduce legal targets to restore nature. The Natural Environment Bill could be the lifeline wildlife needs right now. 

This should be a moment of hope – to bring our landscapes bursting back to life, not send a bulldozer through them. 

 
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