Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, asserts that the government is misrepresenting the relationship between nature and development. He emphasizes that the new planning bill, which proposes cutting environmental regulations to expedite housing construction, threatens over 5,000 protected habitats. Despite government leaders indicating a desire to lessen environmental protections that impede development, Juniper argues that such claims lack evidence. He maintains that nature is essential for economic growth and advocates for integrating robust environmental safeguards within new policies to achieve legal targets for nature recovery.
"Nature underpins growth, so we've got to grow nature in order to get economic growth" - Tony Juniper discusses the necessity of integrating nature with economic development.
"Such claims coming out of central government were not necessarily fully backed by evidence." - Juniper highlights the lack of substantiation for government claims against nature.
#environmental-policy #nature-restoration #development-regulations #housing-crisis #sustainable-growth
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