December news from Campaign for National Parks

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** All I want for Christmas is properly protected National Parks
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Campaign for National Parks is calling for the new government to take decisive action by strengthening the protections for National Parks.
* We want all public bodies to be legally required to further the purposes of National Parks, ensuring that they take far more account of the need to protect and improve these areas in their decision-making.
* In the past few years alone, Campaign for National Parks has fought against many inappropriate developments including potash mines, bypasses, fracking, zip wires, luges and more.
* These include damaging proposals brought forward by public bodies such as Highways England. They are a long term threat to the vitality of National Parks.

A robin at Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales. Photo: Brian Stott

We are the only independent national charity dedicated to all the Parks of England and Wales, with your support we can make 2020 a year to celebrate! Click here to read more. ([link removed])


** Oh I wish it could be the 70^th anniversary of National Parks everyday
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Monday 16^th of December marked the day the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 achieved Royal Assent 70 years ago. This has been something Campaign for National Parks has been celebrating all year with various projects and campaigns.

Ramblers leading MPs to convince them of the case for National Parks. Photo: Ramblers Association.

Writing for History Today, Corinne Pluchino, the Chief Executive of Campaign for National Parks writes: “It was a pivotal piece of legislation for the conservation movement, but it is often forgotten that it was also an integral part of the reconstruction programme after the Second World War, sitting alongside health, housing, education and the welfare state.”

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** Cicerone offer a special Christmas gift
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Walking guide publisher, Cicerone ([link removed]) has a fantastic offer for Friends of Campaign for National Parks, 25% off their printed books from their website. The offer is available to Friends of Campaign for National Parks using an exclusive code. Get in touch using [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) to receive your code.

Not a Friend? Why not? As well as a heap of offers, our Friend’s receive that warm Christmassy glow of supporting our efforts to protect the National Parks from harm. And there’s no greater gift than that.

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** But what if it rains-dear? Get your winter reading…
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As the night’s draw in we have some fantastic blogs on some of the big issues facing our National Parks:

To mark the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Act, Exmoor Authority’s Aisla Stevens shares 10 remarkable facts about Exmoor & Dartmoor ([link removed])

Dartmoor farmer Mat Cole reflects on the success of the Dartmoor Farmer’s Association who took home Gold at the National Farming Awards ([link removed])

And it’s farewell to our President Caroline Quentin who comes to the end of her term at Campaign for National Parks. Caroline looks back fondly over her time. ([link removed])

A huge thank you and a MERRY CHRISTMAS from everyone at Campaign for National Parks. It is thanks to your support our fight for the National Parks.

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