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Urgent Action Needed as One in Six Species Face Extinction

1/20/2025

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The Senedd's environment committee has issued a stark warning to the Welsh government over its inaction on biodiversity loss, with one in six species facing extinction. Promised legally binding targets are postponed until 2029, while outdated policies and insufficient investment threaten the natural world. Urgent measures are needed to halt this troubling decline.

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The Senedd's environment committee has issued a stark warning to the Welsh government over its inaction on biodiversity loss, with one in six species facing extinction. Promised legally binding targets are postponed until 2029, while outdated policies and insufficient investment threaten the natural world. Urgent measures are needed to halt this troubling decline.