I’m writing this now to make sure our children have a chance of growing up in a world worth living in.
Today there’s still time to save nature.
If we act now, our children may yet be able to share their world with sparrows and polar bears, eagles and tigers. There’s still a chance that they’ll inherit a world where the engines of life – the air, seas, rivers and forests – are healthy. Where bluebell woods and rainforests won’t be lost forever.
Earlier today I was at a conference where I signed the RSPB‘s Letter to the Future. I urge everyone to sign it now and make sure that all our politicians know how important the welfare of our wildlife is.
The RSPB’s objectives are:
Create a countryside fit for wildlife
Birds in our countryside have suffered huge declines in the past few decades, but we could bring them back if farmers and land managers were rewarded for doing so. With your signature, we’ll ask Governments across the UK to fund more work that restores and protects habitats on which threatened wildlife depends.
Safeguard our sealife
Half of the UK’s wildlife lives in, or depends on, the sea, but this habitat is overfished, overtrafficked and overdeveloped. Thanks to your help, the UK Government has committed to protecting marine wildlife in its Marine and Coastal Access Act and the Scottish Government has made a similar commitment with its Marine (Scotland) Act. Your signature will press our Governments to create marine nature reserves that basking sharks, seahorses and puffins need to survive.
Stop extinction
Hundreds of species worldwide are on the cusp of extinction. In our UK Overseas Territories, 32 bird species for which we’re responsible are in danger of being lost forever. Your signature will ensure the UK Government does all it can to save them.
Save tropical forests
Tropical forests are treasure-houses of life on Earth – and their conservation is vital in the fight against climate change. With your help, we’ll urge the UK Government to secure (and take its fair share of funding) a global climate change agreement that commits to saving tropical forests and respects the wildlife and indigenous people that depend on them.
Stop climate chaos
The Government must invest now in the UK’s transition to a clean, green economy. Climate change is happening already and the longer we wait to tackle it seriously, the more it will cost to clean up the mess. Your signature will say no to polluting industries, and yes to green jobs, including renewable energy produced in harmony with nature.
Inspire children through nature
If you experience wildlife first-hand, you’re more likely to love it, and if you love it, you’ll protect it. Sign our letter and encourage politicians to create more opportunities for young people to enjoy nature. If we fail to act now, we’ll miss nurturing the environmental champions of tomorrow.
I’m writing this now to make sure our children have a chance of growing up in a world worth living in.
Today there’s still time to save nature.
If we act now, our children may yet be able to share their world with sparrows and polar bears, eagles and tigers. There’s still a chance that they’ll inherit a world where the engines of life – the air, seas, rivers and forests – are healthy. Where bluebell woods and rainforests won’t be lost forever.
Yes, I accept that recovery from recession has meant spending billions of pounds – one way or another future generations will have to pay for this. The least we can do is to use this money to create a future they’ll thank us for. I want governments to invest in a healthy economy and a healthy environment. As well as protecting jobs, I want them to tackle climate change and to protect our seas, countryside and wildlife.
I’m signing this letter to show that I care deeply about nature and the world we are creating for our children. In years to come I hope they’ll be able to see that their world is a richer one because of the action we took today.
I’m hoping that many thousands of people will join me in signing it.
Together we can be a powerful voice for nature.
Yours in hope.
Michael Carchrie Campbell
Gyronny Herald 
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