To ask you to take urgent action to stop the UK government attacking nature

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Can I ask everyone to take action to support the PTES and the RSPB because legislation that protects nature in the UK is under attack.

The government is threatening to remove the various laws and policies that:

• protect our best wildlife sites, homes for myriad endangered species
• prevent unrestricted development, and
• help farmers support wildlife on their land

The implications of this are so profound that PTES is working with the RSPB and other wildlife charities to do what we can to stop it. Nature needs every support it can get in a hostile world in the midst of climate and biodiversity crises.

We want our politicians to understand how much we all care about protecting nature. The RSPB has created an easy way to demand action from your local MP. By following the link below you can find your local MP and send a simple letter calling for their support. You can amend it to your own words if you wish.

Please take this quick and easy opportunity to tell your MP today to urge the government to think again about the natural world.

Take action now

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Thank you all for your caring support

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I'm horrified by this. Why? Just why?

Done. I also joined the RSPB in response to hearing about this.

New Scientist podcast on this topic - starts at 1.22

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Done, but my MP couldn't give less of a shit. I'm genuinely considering sitting on his constituency doorstep until he pays attention.

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Thank you everyone for taking action

Don't believe this, poster after poster assured me after the Brexit vote, environmental standards would go UP...

Our Govt wouldn't lie....

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Same here. Doubt I'll even get an acknowledgement - never mind an answer.

Weren't a lot of those protections based on European laws...and they are now looking to change those as fast as possible.

I've also seen that protections of workers rights, also based on European laws, are also being threatened with erosion.

Here’s the detail on what the UK government is proposing

done. Never written to an MP before

Done and shared on FB

Done and shared widely - I had actually started to write to MP when I saw RSPB tweets but was struggling to know what to say other than ‘arrrggh’ so really appreciate the link with a pre-written email which I could then edit/ use as a basis for my own.

My MP couldn’t care less, but still.

Done, but my Tory MP is a notably spineless one who unfailingly sticks to the party line and has no opinions of his own. I don't hold much hope for him.