South Lanarkshire Council

Notice of Motion – South Lanarkshire’s Nature EmergencyThe Council decided: that the terms of the motion be agreed and the Council declare a nature emergency, recognising the current state of nature, its value to society and the crucial role its recovery and restoration would play in ameliorating climate breakdown and, through reports to appropriate committees, would:- ensure Council strategies, Resource plans and initiatives aligned with the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy and addressed any changes, data and capacity required to develop and monitor action adopt a partnership approach at a landscape scale, maximising opportunities for biodiversity improvement and external funding, and proposed and supported the link between the South Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership and the South Lanarkshire Community Planning Partnership being reinstated highlight Council action which would improve biodiversity, such as ceasing the use of peat and plastic grass in landscaping, reducing glyphosate use, planting only pollinator friendly species and incorporating nest boxes and minimising light pollution in the Residential Design Guide ensure the current and future workforce understood the importance of biodiversity, how it impacted their role and how nature-connected organisations improved staff wellbeing. This would also determine additional skills or knowledge needed by the workforce, offer biodiversity training to all elected members, and promote and support FOLA in more schools build on existing corporate communication highlighting changes that would be put in place to improve biodiversity, why they were happening and what benefits they would bring

— Full Council (Source)