Ms Cliona Kelliher:

Talking about biodiversity, there is a very strong movement to make ecocide part of the Rome Statute. We need to start making wide-scale environmental damage a crime that is heavily penalised. That has to be applied to local authorities, businesses, etc., all around the country. As for the way the PPN connects to the biodiversity picture, we have all talked about community groups on the ground doing a lot of this work and, as Ms Clancy has mentioned, often doing work and spending a huge amount of time countering actions by local authorities or businesses. This is a huge time investment that could be spent much better. It connects into planning, awareness and many other issues.