06-10-2017 16:12 via theguardian.com

How will Brexit affect British wildlife?

The EU offered protection to everything from the harbour porpoise to hen harriers. Now, the future of UK conservation law is uncertainRead more: Britain’s wildlife needs urgent new protections ahead of Brexit
As an EU member state, British wildlife has been protected under two important pieces of European legislation: the habitats directive and the birds directive. These have required the UK government to establish and manage sites for the protection of vulnerable and rare animals, birds,
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