Brexit A Nature Law Special

Published: Aug. 31, 2017, 10:58 a.m.

The government has published the Great Repeal Bill - more formally the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. It states that all existing EU laws will be copied into UK legislation when the UK leaves in March 2019. How will the laws protecting nature and wildlife fare in this transition? On this edition of Nature\u2019s Voice Jane Markham speaks to the RSPB\u2019s Conservation Director Martin Harper and Kate Jennings, Head of Site Conservation Policy, about the threats and opportunities for nature contained in the bill?