We are resting on our laurels: Scotland faces significant challenge to protect its environment

Scotland faces a significant challenge to meet its pledges on protecting nature without more funding and a shift in attitudes, a senior conservation figure has warned. Francesca Osowska, the outgoing chief executive of the agency NatureScot, said greater urgency and action was needed to meet a promise to restore 30% of Scotland’s natural environment by 2030. Francesca Osowska said Scotland had ‘a fighting chance’ to hit its targets, if policy across government was directed to. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian In an interview with the Guardian, her last before leaving NatureScot, she said ministers should integrate nature restoration into policymaking across

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