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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

RSPB ‘not ruling out’ direct action to defend nature from government policy

A marsh harrier in flight at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk.
A marsh harrier in flight at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk. Speight said Truss’s proposals did not align with the government’s goal of halting general species decline by 2030. Photograph: Colin Waite/Alamy

The head of the RSPB says the bird charity is ruling nothing out as it organises a mobilisation of millions of people against what it calls the government’s “attack on nature”.

Beccy Speight dismissed accusations by Conservative MPs that the group was lying to its members and pursuing a marketing drive, as it leads a coalition campaigning against the government over key “growth” policies which it argues will damage wildlife and nature.

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