This is why my argument is around a real focus on the restoration of degraded land. Semi-desert subsistence farmland will never deliver anything for anyone except an impoverished lifestyle and poor biodiversity, but the restoration of land is a tangible that can be addressed in the COP because it can be measured and tracked.
Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and Beyond
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Grayling
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 July 2022.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and Beyond.
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