Can we restore England’s lost wildlife?

This week the government published a major environmental
improvement plan for England. It has pledged that every household
will be within a 15-minute walk of green space or water, the
restoration of 1.2m acres of wildlife habitat, and that sewage
spills will be tackled with upgrades to wastewater treatment works.
Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona
Harvey, about the state of nature in the UK, what this plan
promises to do, and whether it’s ambitious enough to halt and
reverse damage done.. Help support our independent journalism at
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