Government plans for fishery closures are ‘window dressing’ in face of ‘appalling record’ on meeting targets, experts warn
Ministers are “window dressing” with nature policies announced to “cover up” the government’s failings on environmental targets, wildlife groups have said.
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) found earlier this month that nature in England is at risk of falling into an “irreversible spiral of decline” because of the government’s failures to meet its legally binding targets on species abundance and water quality.
Continue reading…
