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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
Amanda Morrow

Green credentials at stake as EU scrambles to save nature restoration law

The EU's nature reforation law would require crop rotation, meadows, buffer strips near rivers, and the protection of wetlands and peatlands. © AFP / ROUF BHAT

The European Union’s green commitments are on shaky ground as countries remain split over the bloc’s flagship nature restoration law – one of the biggest environmental policies ever put forward. The divisions underscore the profound impact that protests by farmers have had on EU politics.

Aimed at reversing decades of damage to the EU’s land and water habitats, the law is a crucial pillar of the EU’s ambitious climate agenda.

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