The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has published a report arguing for innovative ways of funding nature conservation including a levy on new homes, conservation credits and new green taxes.
RSPB chief executive Mike Clarke said: “We all know that society needs to tighten its belts in the current economic climate and it is inevitable that the public funding for vital conservation projects in our countryside is going to be squeezed after October 20th.
‘With conservation credits we can capture the work farmers are doing to protect vital habitats like chalk grassland and wild flower meadows, with green taxes we can change behavior and channel funding towards critical conservation projects. We can change the economic landscape so that businesses have a greater role in protecting nature, and we can realise the financial value of a healthy, wildlife rich countryside.”
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