View email in browser ([link removed])
[link removed]
[link removed]

Supporter, National Parks in England and Wales are on a precipice; threats are mounting but change is happening too slowly – It’s time to transform National Park governance.

There are some brilliant people currently working within National Parks at all levels, but their efforts are continually hampered by rules that constrain diversity, innovation and nature recovery, as well as dictating who can make final decisions.

Right now, we have a once in a generation opportunity to overhaul the systems in place, will you help us reshape the future of National Parks?
TAKE ACTION: SEND A LETTER ([link removed])
[link removed]

NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY BOARDS

The independent Glover Review of English National Parks, concluded that the way these Boards operate is “poor” because they are “far too large to be effective”, are “lacking in diversity” and “lacking people who emphasise the purposes of securing nature and connecting people”. Like us – many Board members and Park staff were “exasperated at the system”.

The Auditor General for Wales has also highlighted weaknesses in National Park Authority governance, including “lack of diversity” and urged Welsh Government to reform the model to ensure it is “fit for purpose” for both the new and existing Parks.
TAKE ACTION IN ENGLAND ([link removed])
TAKE ACTION IN WALES ([link removed])
[link removed]
I'M THE FUTURE OF NATIONAL PARKS

Şeniz Mustafa explains the importance of younger and more diverse voices when it comes to the future of our National Parks. We hear from Future Leaders on what nature means to them, as well as the skills, passion and insights they hold.
WATCH THE FULL FILM ([link removed])

RESHAPING NATIONAL PARKS

Last year the UK Government committed to making new laws to reform how English National Parks are governed, and the Welsh Government has committed to an ‘exemplar’ National Park in north east Wales with a new governance model.

We’re calling on Minister Mary Creagh in England and Minister Huw Irranca-Davies in Wales to reform National Park Authority Boards by holding them to their promises.

Together we can fix outdated, unrepresentative, ineffective systems and radically reimagine our Parks.
HOLD THEM TO THEIR PROMISES ([link removed])

This is a real opportunity to make a monumental change in our National Parks.
Harriet Gardiner
Senior Communications Officer

============================================================
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Instagram ([link removed])
** LinkedIn ([link removed])
** YouTube ([link removed])
Copyright © 2025 Campaign for National Parks, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you signed up to email marketing through our website or by taking a campaign action.

Our mailing address is:
Campaign for National Parks
Canopi
82 Tanner Street
London, SE1 3GN
United Kingdom
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.
Photos and graphics © used with permission.