Co-leader Ross Greer is to bring forward amendments to a Bill going through Holyrood, calling for a timeline for expanding the red squirrel population.
It is among more than 300 changes that have been proposed to the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill – with Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MSPs also seeking to make changes.
The Bill was introduced by the Scottish Government, with one of its key aims being to help tackle problems such as species decline.
If passed by Holyrood, the Bill would introduce a new duty on Scottish ministers to set legally binding targets for nature restoration
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Charles Millar, executive director of the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust, said they wanted to see “practical changes to protect our marine environment”.
As amendments are debated he said that “amongst other things, MSPs will be offered the chance to protect Scotland’s most sensitive sea lochs, which act as exceptional marine carbon stores, and to bring in more effective enforcement of illegal fishing, including in marine protected areas”
Mr Millar added the Bill could also be used to “give coastal communities a measure of local control over environmental protection and fisheries” and to “put a limit on the unsustainable extraction of wrasse”, a type of fish used for sea lice control in the salmon farming sector.
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