Vital protection for Scotland’s seabirds delayed by UK Government

08 Sep 2016

Environment groups urge immediate action

Scottish environment groups have expressed concern that an important consultation on the protection of special places for seabirds has been held back by the UK Government. Earlier this year in July the Scottish Government launched a consultation on 10 marine Special Protection Areas, a requirement under EU law to help safeguard areas crucial for internationally important bird populations.

However, a further five proposed marine SPAs were not included in the consultation as the required agreement of the UK Government had not been provided.
Now Scottish Environment LINK’s Marine Group has written to the UK Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey MP, urging her to agree to the Scottish Government consulting on the sites without further delay

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