Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on World Wetlands Day 2020 - Jan 15
Thursday, 16 January 2020 07:31
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Green):...Scotland has
declared a climate emergency. The Scottish Wildlife Trust—one
of the many organisations that provided information for the
debate—tells us that progress on sustainable development goal has
stalled; a joined-up approach is needed to fully achieve those
goals; the goals are designed to be interconnected, but the current
approach is fractured; and a natural climate solution can help to
achieve the goals and reflect the...Request free trial
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands)
(Green):...Scotland has declared a climate
emergency. The Scottish Wildlife Trust—one of the many organisations
that provided information for the debate—tells us that progress on
sustainable development goal has stalled; a joined-up approach is
needed to fully achieve those goals; the goals are designed to be
interconnected, but the current approach is fractured; and a
natural climate solution can help to achieve the goals and reflect
the interconnectedness of climate change and biodiversity in rural
and urban areas...
The Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural
Environment (Mairi Gougeon):...I have one of
those amazing Ramsar sites in my constituency, in the form of
Basin. The basin is home to
more than 80,000 migratory birds, including pink-footed geese,
Arctic terns, knots and sedge warblers, and it is a
Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve. To witness
those birds at the site is something to behold. The geese were
featured on the BBC’s “Autumnwatch” at the end of last year...
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