Charities across the UK have joined forces to campaign for the protection and enhancement of our treasured landscapes.
Encompassing 33 national and regional organisations, including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, National Trust, British Mountaineering Council, Wilderness Foundation and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, the coalition, formed on 20 January 2015, is believed to be the largest ever to be formed on this issue.
Ahead of May’s general election, the Landscapes for Everyone coalition aims to raise the profile of landscape and to emphasise the importance of landscapes to our health and wellbeing, environment and economy. With ongoing speculative development in and around sensitive areas, such as national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the partnership believes that it is vital for future government policy and funding to reflect the extraordinary value of our landscapes.
The Landscapes for Everyone vision is supported in parliament by Natural Environment Minister Lord de Mauley, Shadow Minister for Natural Environment Barry Gardiner MP, and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environmental Affairs Baroness Parminter. The vision calls for better landscapes for people, better planning for landscape and better places for nature.