- develop clear strategic targets for nature recovery by 2030 and seamlessly integrate these into climate initiatives.
- work closely with local communities—including under-represented groups—to achieve these targets. Progress will be monitored and reported via its Climate and Nature Emergency Steering Group.
- build on its earlier success in tackling climate change, including its carbon neutrality commitments and recent tree-planting initiatives.
Councillor Kathryn Field, portfolio holder for environment, said, “By declaring a nature emergency, Rother District Council has taken a decisive step towards reversing biodiversity loss and deepening its commitment to environmental resilience.”
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The Village People lobby group in Fairlight respectfully request Cllr Field and Cllr Prochak pay us a visit. We can show them the significant environmental harm caused by planning decisions made by Rother Officers regarding a lack of knowledge of landslip, watercourses, environmental regulations, protected species, wildlife movements, ‘unusable’ rear gardens and the amount of concrete added under landscape management plans. Any attempt at a stakeholder meeting would be warmly welcomed.
We at Swift Conservation offer practical economical training in supporting and enhancing urban biodiversity. We have over the past twenty years trained many council planning staff, including Westminster, Camden, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets, as well as facilities staff like those at Leicester University, amongst many others, including citizens groups all over the UK and Europe. To get an idea of what we do and say, some of our talks are accessible on You Tube via links on our website’s Home Page. If this is of interest we can be contacted at mail@swift-conservation.org, and our website is at http://www.swift-conservation.org.