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Imagine yourself in 2030, the year in which Britain achieved its goal to protect 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature. What does it look like and how did we manage it?

In 2020, the UK government committed to protecting at least 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030.

Step seven years into the future with Gaia. The UK has achieved its biodiversity goal, but what does wild Britain look like?

Richard Benwell, CEO of wildlife and Countryside Link, Meredith Whitten, a researcher and urban environment planner at LSE, Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Oceana and George Monbiot, an environmental writer whose book Regenesis explores sustainable agriculture, describe this radical new world.

Presenter: Gaia Vince
Producer: Harrison Lewis

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29 minutes

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  • Thu 4 May 2023 16:30
  • Thu 4 May 2023 21:00

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