Mon, 27 Jan 2025 03:47:20 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/10/national-trust-to-restore-nature-across-area-bigger-than-greater-london>
"In past decades the focus has been on protecting beautiful landscapes such as
the Lake District, trying to save the crumbling coast or breathing life into
historic country houses.
Now the National Trust is marking its 130th anniversary by unveiling “moonshot”
plans to address what it regards as the current national need – the climate and
nature crises.
The conservation charity has launched proposals to create 250,000 hectares
(617,500 acres) of nature-rich landscape – equivalent to one-and-a-half times
the size of Greater London – on its own land and off it in England, Wales and
Northern Ireland.
To underline the scale of the plans, it said this would be 10 times the amount
of landscape, such as peatlands, meadows, wetlands, woodlands and salt marsh,
it has restored over the last decade.
If successful, the National Trust said, it would improve the health of enough
soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.
The charity’s director general, Hilary McGrady, said a “monumental effort” was
needed. “For 130 years, the National Trust has responded to the crises and
challenges of the time. Today, nature is declining before our eyes and climate
change is threatening homes and habitats on a colossal scale. We will ramp up
our work to restore nature, both on our own land and beyond our boundaries,”
she said."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
"In past decades the focus has been on protecting beautiful landscapes such as
the Lake District, trying to save the crumbling coast or breathing life into
historic country houses.
Now the National Trust is marking its 130th anniversary by unveiling “moonshot”
plans to address what it regards as the current national need – the climate and
nature crises.
The conservation charity has launched proposals to create 250,000 hectares
(617,500 acres) of nature-rich landscape – equivalent to one-and-a-half times
the size of Greater London – on its own land and off it in England, Wales and
Northern Ireland.
To underline the scale of the plans, it said this would be 10 times the amount
of landscape, such as peatlands, meadows, wetlands, woodlands and salt marsh,
it has restored over the last decade.
If successful, the National Trust said, it would improve the health of enough
soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.
The charity’s director general, Hilary McGrady, said a “monumental effort” was
needed. “For 130 years, the National Trust has responded to the crises and
challenges of the time. Today, nature is declining before our eyes and climate
change is threatening homes and habitats on a colossal scale. We will ramp up
our work to restore nature, both on our own land and beyond our boundaries,”
she said."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
