ITV News has seen a classified government intelligence report which appears to show some of the most worrying potential impacts of our loss of nature weren’t disclosed to the public.
In January, the government published a report on the security and economic threats resulting from nature decline.
The long-awaited government-commissioned report had initially been scheduled for an autumn release.
Although the government received the report, it chose not to publish it and cancelled the launch.
After pressure from campaign groups, including an FOI, it was released in January.
However, the version which was published was a short summary version which left out some of the key points experts had found.
ITV News has seen extracts of the full report and can now reveal some of the warnings the government chose not to publish.
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