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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

Ministers mount last-ditch attempt to save EU laws on restoring nature

Large white butterfly among wildflowers
The condition of habitat would be measured in part by populations of grassland butterflies. Photograph: Gillian Pullinger/Alamy

A last-ditch attempt to try to save the EU’s nature restoration laws from oblivion has been mounted by 11 member states, which are racing to get the legislation over the line in the next four weeks.

In a move led by Ireland, 11 environment ministers have written to countries that have said they will either abstain or vote against ratification of the laws, urging them to think again.

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