Dorset Council Leader Cllr Nick Ireland seeks to declare a Nature Emergency.

But glyphosate position is weak, effectively business as usual.

Cllr Nick Ireland will be putting a motion to full Council on Thursday 18th July, asking Dorset Council to declare a Nature Emergency. Cllr Ireland promised to do this when he met with campaigners outside County Hall at the first meeting of the new Council in May. The motion is full of good intentions, but glyphosate usage is not meaningfully addressed. This is deeply disappointing.
We will be gathering from 5.30pm at County Hall to push for the highest standards in environmental respect, care and stewardship, and STOP USING GLYPHOSATE as standard practice.

A question will be put to the Council to restrict glyphosate usage to minimum.

For more info about the gathering on Thurs 18th July. please contact Caz de-net@hotmail.co.uk 0750499 7717

Cllr Nick Ireland, Leader of Dorset Council, announcing commitment to nature at the gathering on 16th May 2024

We call upon the newly elected Dorset Council to put nature at the front and centre of all its considerations and decisions. The nature emergency is biting us. Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Dorset is beautiful; restore, recover, protect, conserve.

Come gather everyone and everything, at County Hall, Dorchester. Welcome and congratulate the 82 Councillors that will represent our county, our communities, and Dorset creatures for the next four years.
From our seas to our trees and everything in-between, come in your costumes, in your good-spirits, with your displays of love and respect for nature, for life.
Bring your songs, your poems, your creative expressions.
Bring your family and friends.

We call on Dorset Council to be the Council for Nature.

Supported by Dorchester, Weymouth & Portland Extinction Rebellion, Weymouth Climate Hub, Dorset Action, and many others. Add your name or organisation here, this will also help us understand numbers and how best to organise ourselves. https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7821309/C4NForm

Contact Caz for more info / chat 07540997717 de-net@hotmail.co.uk

State of Nature Report 2023

This report lays bare the stark fact that nature is still seriously declining across the UK, a country that is already one of the most nature-depleted in the world.

The data show that since 1970 UK species have declined by about 19% on average, and nearly 1 in 6 species (16.1%) are now threatened with extinction. This is a timely reminder, if we needed it, that the nature crisis isn’t restricted to far-off places like the Amazon or Great Barrier Reef. It is right here, on our doorstep. We are losing familiar wildlife that we cherish including the hazel dormouse and skylark.

https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/29/state-of-nature/