East Suffolk Council unanimously declares biodiversity emergency (www.bbc.co.uk)

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East Suffolk Council have unanimously passed a motion to declare a biodiversity and ecological emergency.

The motion, which was proposed by Green councillor Rachel Smith-Lyte, was discussed by the council on Wednesday.

Ms Smith-Lyte said it was "a critical step in the right direction for our council and beyond".

But the East Suffolk Conservatives (ESC) said: "The motion is just words with no new policies or initiatives."

The council first declared a climate emergency in 2019, but Ms Smith-Lyte said: "We realised afterwards we had omitted to add the ecology and biodiversity emergency element, which is now rectified."

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