{"id":2159,"date":"2023-07-12T15:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/nature-restoration-law-must-not-suffer-death-by-a-thousand-cuts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:32:44","slug":"nature-restoration-law-must-not-suffer-death-by-a-thousand-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/nature-restoration-law-must-not-suffer-death-by-a-thousand-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Restoration Law must not suffer death by a thousand cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The outcome of today\u2019s European Parliament vote is welcome \u2013 but the devil will be in the detail of the law\u2019s final text\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s passing of the Nature Restoration Law by the European Parliament will be meaningless if the final text of the legislation is watered down any further, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Whitmore, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson on climate action and biodiversity, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the results of today\u2019s vote in Strasbourg will see the Nature Restoration Law live to fight another day, the devil will be in the detail of whatever deal is eventually agreed by MEPs and member states over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready we have seen amendments that have removed some of the key measures of the law, including the rewetting of peatlands. This has been one of the most contentious elements of the proposed law, helped in no small part by political scaremongering and the spread of disinformation by the EPP in Europe and Government TDs back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn negotiations to secure a deal on the final text, the Irish Government must insist that ambition levels \u2013 both in terms of required measures and timelines \u2013 are not eroded to such an extent that this groundbreaking law\u00a0will be rendered useless in practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts to kill off the Nature Restoration Law have failed for now. 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