Work of Citizens Assembly 'will be meaningless' if biodiversity laws remain unchanged

Chair of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, said Government and Oireachtas members "are the only ones with the capacity to take the necessary action, change national laws, and enforce current laws and regulations to protect biodiversity and the natural environment". 

The chair of the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity Loss has warned that its work will have all been for nothing if political leaders fail to act on the 150 recommendations made to protect nature.

The one-year gathering of 99 citizens became the first such assembly in the world on biodiversity loss with the views of nearly 90 experts and 600 submissions taken on board before its final report was submitted earlier this year.