The plns include restoring 400 miles of rivers and creating 2,000 square miles of new wildlife habitats in England
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton, raised concerns about how the plans to get people back into nature could affect farmers in the UK.
The government promised in 2018 to leave the environment in a better state for future generations. Yet earlier this month the Office for Environmental Protection said efforts were falling "far short" of what was needed. Environment Secretary, Therese Coffey, said: "Nature is vital for our survival, crucial to our food security, clean air, and clean water as well as health and wellbeing benefits."Richard Benwell, chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said the plans should be "a biodiversity to-do list for every minister in government".
Populations have clung on in Scotland and in the last decade a handful were moved to mid-Wales to reinvigorate the tiny population there.The pine marten is being reintroduced to southern Britain after decades of steep decline
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