The People’s Plan for Nature is a powerful call to action from people across the UK to save nature. Now we, along with WWF-UK and National Trust, have published our response to the plan.
When it was published in March, the UK’s first ever People’s Plan for Nature made it clear what was needed to protect and restore nature. It called on everyone - businesses, communities, farmers, governments, organisations and charities - to sit up and take notice of the plan’s proposals to prevent further damage to our wildlife and habitats which are being pushed to the brink.
Partners RSPB, the National Trust and WWF-UK commissioned the process which created the People’s Plan for Nature, but it isn’t our plan – it’s the people’s. The 100 people from all walks of life who came together to listen, learn and make the 26 recommendations in the plan are looking to us as much as everyone else to respond – they’re holding our feet to the fire too.
Today the three partners have released our thoughts, you can read it in full here - RSPB Response to Peoples plan for nature.
Overall, we strongly support for the actions in the plan – particularly the core theme of putting nature at the heart of decision-making. There are places where we think a different approach would be better or suggest that existing legislation should be better implemented rather than creating new bodies or laws. And in several areas, the plan challenges us to go further and faster with our engagement, advocacy and campaigning.
While change won’t occur overnight, we’re committing to making change happen in several areas. This includes:
We’ll be keeping tabs on our progress against these commitments and ask the assembly members to hold us to account and assess our progress in a year’s time.
The people have spoken, we have responded, now others must do the same.
We need national and local governments, businesses, other NGOs, organisations and community groups to get stuck into the plan, explore the actions, and maybe even champion one themselves.
The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission were quick out the gates with their response. They’re planning to run with the plan’s recommendation to hold a national conversation on our diets.
We’re now calling on others to respond at this critical moment for nature. The plan was created by 100 strangers from all walks of life who found common ground to develop a set of powerful recommendations. This should give us great hope that when we act together, our wildlife and wild places can thrive once more.
As individuals, you can also add your voice to support the People’s Plans for Nature. Find out how here.
