A comprehensive environmental improvement plan for England unveiled by the government on Tuesday has shown that every home would be within a 15-minute walk of a green area or body of water.
The eagerly anticipated measures would commit to restoring at least 400 miles of river and 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of animal habitat.
Additionally, there will be 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of new woodland along England’s rivers, along with 25 new or expanded national nature reserves. Hedgehogs and red squirrels, two of the most endangered species of nature, will be the focus of a new species survival fund.
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To combat sewage overflows, 160 wastewater treatment facilities will be upgraded by 2027. A detailed plan will also be unveiled later this year to address the growing stresses on the water system brought on by pollution, new housing developments, and the climate issue.
According to the plan, every government agency will be required, starting in November, to take into account how each new law or policy may affect the environment and the climate.
The Environment Act mandates the creation of an environmental improvement plan (EIP), which is used to put the 25-year environmental plan’s goal to “improve the environment within a generation and leave it in a better state than we found it” into practice.
Story was adapted from The Guardian.
