Stroud District Council

Motion on Championing Nature RESOLVED To:Join fellow Severn Vale Catchment Partnership members in the promotion and delivery of the ‘Wilder Frome’ projectPartner with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust on early work towards introducing unenclosed beavers to the countyPursue new opportunities to increase biodiversity on our own estate, including our parks and playgrounds, cemeteries and closed churchyards, verges and other green spaces and our social housing estateInvestigate the introduction of particulates air quality monitoring above the statutory minimum required by the EA, including engaging in a possible partnership with a local academic institutionWork with our fellow Gloucestershire councils to develop countywide guidelines for the implementation of the Biodiversity Net Gain rules by developersContinue our work to reduce pesticide use across the district, and to take part in the Pesticide Action Network UK Pesticide-free Towns initiativeContinue our work to reduce the litter and other waste that ends up in our natural environment, including proactive work with supermarkets and other businesses, and through partnership with other local stakeholdersWork with Climate Leadership Gloucestershire on the actions arising from the Biodiversity themeAsk our Chief Executive to write to the Gloucestershire MPs, requesting that they press the Government for targets and a delivery plan to deliver the commitment in the Environment Act to restore 30% of land for nature by 2030.Ask our Chief Executive to write to the Gloucestershire MPs, requesting that they press the Government for proper scrutiny of the 341 environmental EU laws that are due to be repealed at the end of this year under the EU Retained Law Act, and to introduce an equivalent or higher standard of environmental protection wherever required.Ask our Chief Executive to write to the Chief Executives of Severn Trent and Wessex Water to enquire as too What measures the companies are taking to ensure there are no sewage discharges or other pollution incidents in those parts of the River Severn, its tributaries (in particular the Frome) and the coastal waters that lie within the area covered by Stroud District Council, ando How much the companies are investing in infrastructure improvements in the area covered by Stroud District Council and what measures they are taking to ensure this infrastructure is climate resilient.

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