By Velela – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7095705 Durham County Council (DCC) is developing a Local Nature Recovery Strategy; you can find out more HERE. A link to their public questionnaire is HERE. County Durham Green Party welcomes this important initiative. The strategy is a blueprint for the recovery of nature, showing where and […]
Category: Ecological emergency
National Bill on Rights of Nature?
Introduction From the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink, nature provides the necessities for us to live. Without them, there would be no people, nevermind an economy. For centuries we have used this planet to grow our civilization, but we know that the planet necessarily has limits. We must […]
Statutory Protection for Precious Green Lung
Council Process Formal Declaration of the Ponderosa as a ‘Local Nature Reserve’ Following a request from Cllr Jonathan Elmer, Durham County Council are processing the declaration of the Ponderosa (and all areas bounded in red above) as a Local Nature Reserve. This is a statutory designation made under the National Parks Act, 1949, that will […]
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Council moves forward on Greens-inspired ecology emergency plans
“biodiversity jenga” by Kalense Kid is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse A question to full Council by Green Party county councillor Jonathan Elmer to declare an ecological emergency in County Durham has resulted in an action plan to protect habitats and improve biodiversity. Durham County Council’s […]
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