The 'Nature's Right's Bill' is being proposed by Natalie Bennett. It should be underpinned by 'Planetary Boundaries' as set out by the Stockholm Resilience Centre. The Green Party supports the Planetary Boundaries which should be respected in all areas of policy.

New Green Party policy of a target that 25% of every square kilometre should be designated for nature will be applied flexibly in urban areas. Authorities will have time to make plans to increase green spaces, green roofs, more natural driveways etc. Focus will be on the most nature deprived areas.

Last month a DEFRA statement said it is "strengthening" it's commitment to biodiversity, with target of 500,000ha of wildlife rich habitat by 2042. It says it "aims" to support the UN '30:30'.This shows that DEFRA is not genuinely committed because 7m ha is needed to achieve 30:30 in UK. 🧵

The late Dave Wetzel was a great advocate of Land Value Tax. LVT would help to break down the highly concentrated ownership of land in UK and motivate careful use of land and raise revenue. The current government is unlikely to even implement a wealth tax in the coming budget.

Green Party welcomes government plans to open up the Land Registry more to the public, increasing transparency. Our policy is that the beneficial owner of any UK land should be registered within set period of time, after which land with no registered owner should pass into public ownership.

The government’s commitment to halve sewage pollution of rivers by 2030, and halve phosphorous by 2028 are weak. Few details of where £104b of private investment to tackle pollution is coming from. Will it just be added to our water bills? The Green Party would nationalise the water companies. 🧵

The sea is a very valuable resource which we should all benefit from. The Crown Estate owns the territorial seabed around UK to 22 kilometres out to sea. The Green Party thinks the Crown Estate should bebrought not only under public management, but into public ownership. It should belong to us all.

The Green Party agrees with @guyshrubsole that owners of all land must be declared on an open Land Register, including the name and address of the true beneficial owners at the end of any chain of ownership. This is current GP policy. There should be a time limit for registering with consequences.

DEFRA budget for sustainable farming and nature recovery was cut by £100m in the Spending Review. The Green Party would spend twice the £2.7bn per year promised from 2026 to 2029 to support the transition to nature-friendly farming. Total cuts to DEFRA were 15% in real terms.

Green Party policy is that all freehold ownership of land should have attached to it an inseparable obligation to steward the land to protect nature now, and for future generations. An infrastructure will be set up to implement stewardship, inform people about it and monitor it. 🧵

We responded to the recent government consultation on “Our Vision for Land Use in England” (a ‘land use framework’). See a summary of the Green Party opinion on the government land use framework in the thread below: 🧵

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Green Party supports the 2030 targets of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Target 3 calls for conservation of 30% of land for nature by 2030. UK currently under 10% - perhaps only 3% if only land in favourable condition counted. We call for a large step up in action to meet the target.

We are a group of Green Party members which discusses Land Use policy. Any member can participate. You can join the Green Party using this link: join.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk