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5 facts: what the National Parks duty means for planning
Here are five key facts about what the new duty means for planning decisions which show just how wrong some of the myths being peddled are.
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Water is life: South Downs National Park
Siôn McGeever, Chief Executive of the South Downs National Park Authority, explains why water is at the top of the agenda as he calls for a united response to the river crisis.
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7 things we learnt from the High Court about National Parks
After the change in law in 2023, what the precedent-setting High Court cases mean for National Parks law.
Saving Windermere from sewage
We caught up with 2023 Changemaker of the Year Award winner Matt Staniek as he explains the issues facing Windermere from sewage pollution
Shaped by the sea
New Perspectives storytelling grant recipient Elizabeth Lee Reynolds shares her story from Pembroke Coast National Park.
All Party Parliamentary Group for National Parks – Access for All
Charlotte Ditchburn on her experience of the all party parliamentary group on access for all in National Parks
From wild camping ban to decline in nature – Our campaign for new legislation reaches the House of Lords
Senior Campaigns Officer, Nick Hall, on the latest big step in our campaign for new powers to protect and enhance National Parks and AONBs.
New road development threatens the Peak District – and we need your help
Anne Robinson, from Friends of the Peak District, on the road building threat facing the Peak District and what action is being taken to stop it in its tracks.
We must keep campaigning against the #AttackOnNature
We hear from Bruce McLeod, Chair of Trustees for Friends of the Dales, on why we must keep up the fight.
Ensuring our National Parks are better protected against damaging development
MPs will shortly be discussing important amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, Ruth Bradshaw explains why these amendments are so vital.
Young people are an endangered species on Exmoor
We caught up with Megan Hunt of Exmoor Young Voices to find out what is driving the exodus and the action young people have taken to continue living in the place they love.
Finding solutions to climate change – if not in National Parks, then where?
To coincide with COP27 Solutions Day, Andrew McCloy writes about how National Parks can tackle the climate crisis, but will fail without renewed Government support.
Decarbonisation Day – How National Parks can show leadership on climate change
Richard Leafe on the importance of National Parks in tackling the climate and nature emergencies.