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1. Brendan Jones (brendanjones@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 22:36:23 JST Brendan Jones

   Yes! Amazing news! The EU Parliament just voted through the EU Nature Restoration Law, which aims to restore our badly degraded ecosystems. The law will set legally binding targets for nature restoration in member states.

   Next stop, writing it into law at a country level.

   Suck it European People's Party, suck it European Conservatives. Some of us actually want #biodiversity.

   https://www.politico.eu/article/parliament-backs-new-nature-rules-in-blow-to-eu-conservatives/
   #EU #nature #naturerestoration

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   • Brendan Jones (brendanjones@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 22:37:34 JST Brendan Jones

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     If you’re wondering what the actual restoration targets look like, go to https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022PC0304 and scroll down to “Chapter II RESTORATION TARGETS AND OBLIGATIONS”. It’s all a bit legalese-speak though.

     In plainer English, some of the targets are:

     1. Reversing the decline of pollinator populations by 2030 and increasing their populations from there on,

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