Plan aimed to expand protection of endangered ecosystems but opponents say it posed risk to business developmentVoters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to make authorities do more to protect natural habitats from pollution and development, preliminary results of a referendum showed.The biodiversity initiative, which the government and parliament had already rebuffed, envisaged changing the law to set aside more land for conservation beyond areas that were already protected. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/switzerland-swiss-voters-reject-biodiversity-initiative-proposal-conservation
Author : Reuters in Zurich
Publish date : 2024-09-22 15:55:53
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