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Protecting Scotland's Nature - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-10498.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 20 September 2023

As an amendment to motion S6M-10498 in the name of Rhoda Grant (Protecting Scotland's Nature), leave out from first "regrets" to end and insert "affirms its commitment to the Global Biodiversity Framework, which commits countries to "closing the biodiversity finance gap" and, in Target 19, calls for countries to "Substantially and progressively increase the level of financial resources from all sources"; commends the increase in public investment in nature through the Nature Restoration Fund and Peatland ACTION; recognises the vital role of the Forestry Grant Scheme in supporting woodland creation and sustainable forest management; agrees that investment in the climate transition is crucial, and that Scotland’s natural environment should not be allowed to be used for greenwashing by private corporations; recognises that tackling the climate and nature crises requires all parts of society to act; welcomes, therefore, the Scottish Government’s Interim Principles for Responsible Investment, which are designed to support a values-led, high-integrity market that ensures that communities benefit, and to support diverse and productive land ownership, as well as the recent publication of a consultation on Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy and an underpinning delivery plan, which will be followed by an investment plan; further welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to progress a Land Reform Bill and an Agriculture Bill; notes the valuable contribution made by the Scottish Land Commission in its report, Natural Capital and Land Reform, and looks forward to the Scottish Government’s response to its recommendations, and calls on all parties to work constructively to restore Scotland’s natural environment."

Vote

Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Passed

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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-10498

Protecting Scotland's Nature

Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023

Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-10498.1

Protecting Scotland's Nature - Amendment

Submitted by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Result 47 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Defeated