Would you be at ease with the notion that the natural beauty you enjoy may not be around for your children to see?

The nature we have around us allows for the climate to still hold itself together and has been around longer than us so we should respect it.

the natural beauty of this world is of vital importance to help as it isnt ours yet we can benefit from it hugely

we have a duty and responsibility to care for generations to come. it is both selfish and inhumane to leave the world in a worse state than that which we arrived in

Natural beauty isnt just visual, it reflects the health of our world and the resources it provides us.

very important habitats and sources of oxygen are being demolished in favour of creating profit for already rich companies. Many animals cannot be rehomed, and are facing extinction due to rising sea levels and the burning of their homes. This is all done in secret, privately, meaning that it is difficult to stop and prevent, or even manage

The pursuit of humans to be better than the next person is driving a never ending circle of greed, which is leading to humans expanding their living space further and further across all lands.

there is still much natural beauty to be found even now, and what we have is precious and should be protected

If we go out of our way to ruin what the environment, then the money that tourism brings in would plummet since all the love country sides, beaches, parks etc wouldn't be worth coming to see and we would lose money.

I do not believe that natural beauty can be easily replicated considering it is a delicate balance of the ecosystem that has formed over millions of years.

The natural world contains so much beauty, rich life, and history. Not only would it be a shame for younger people not to experience this, but it would be simply wrong to rid the environment of its beauty.

The evidence for the speeding up of detrimental climate change, habitat destruction and environmental pollution as a direct consequence of human activity is incontrovertible, evidenced by science.

Once the ecosystems that harbour natural beauty are gone, biodiversity will consequently decline, which will have repercussions on the human race, with a quarter of a million deaths per year in the next two decades projected from under-nutrition and global warming-related diseases.

Nature is one of the most beneficial elements to both the human mental state and the environment as a whole.

Natural beauty and green spaces feed into the early development of science at primary level. A reduction in these spaces could result in a reduction of scientists in the future.

I wouldn't say children "deserve" it, but for the longevity and sustainability of our planet it would be lovely if these things could be encouraged to remain (apart from disappearance through natural causes, and some unavoidable circumstances)

Resources exist to be consumed. And consumed they will be, if not by this generation, then by some future. By what right does this forgotten future seek to deny us our birthright? None I say! Let us take what is ours, chew and eat our fill.

By making some green spaces national parks and bringing them into the public domain, we ensure that private interests do not usurp the right we have to our commons

The scientific consensus suggests that we have already caused irreversible changes to our climate; changes which will only become more severe as sequestered carbon is released from melting glacial ice, burning forests, and warming oceans. Lowering our emissions is good - necessary, even - but this is only a tactic to stall the chain reaction that has begun. If we want to combat climate change in any real way, we should be directing resources towards researching and developing active carbon capture and storage, as well as abundant sources of energy to make these technologies viable at scale. The time for tweaking lifestyles and legislation has passed.

The world is created naturally, parts of this should be accessible and not overrun with buildings etc

No but it is avoidable if the government and nation stops focusing on money and profit and starts prioritizing the environment instead

When everyone should be equal, why are the older generation allowed to make life significantly worse for the younger generation.