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Biodiversity: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

Commons · Question 7332 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of rewilding to increase biodiversity in (a) coastal and (b) rural constituencies.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 14 Oct 2024

The Government is supporting a number of initiatives to create wilder landscapes across England, as part of a broad approach to nature recovery. The Government will publish a Land Use Framework for England later this year, taking a collaborative approach....