EU Environmental Directives Post Brexit

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• Brexit marks a number of unprecedented challenges, one of which is the potential transposition of the EU’s Environmental Directives into UK Law and gives a chance to review some EU Directives such as the Water Framework Directive.
• Classification of water bodies on a national basis could result in a strategic move to de-centralise water quality standardisation and classification. 
• The proposal by the UK Government to introduce a 25-year plan for the natural environment raises many questions.
• Given that funding for environmental compliance, monitoring and regulation could be reduced, this is an opportunity to further participatory or inclusive science.