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Green Belts: More than lines on a map28 January 2010
The first major survey of the environmental state of Green Belt land and the benefits it provides for people and wildlife is published today in Green Belts: a Greener Future - a joint report produced by Natural England and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
End of the beginning not beginning of the end of supermarket domination?13 January 2010
‘This is an important and overdue step forward in reining in the excessive power big supermarket chains can wield over our food system’. This is the response of the Campaign to Protect Rural England to the announcement today (Wednesday) that the Government will set up a supermarket ombudsman.
Food security and a beautiful countryside: two sides of the same coin05 January 2010
CPRE today welcomed the recognition in the Government’s new food strategy, "Food 2030", of the vital role of the countryside in the future well being of the nation, but cautioned against a return to environmentally damaging intensive farming.
Planning for housing must not lock us into environmentally damaging decisions21 December 2009
In the face of increasingly volatile demographic trends the Government’s household projections should not be used as housebuilding targets if we are to safeguard the countryside from unnecessary development.
Light pollution survey: is your life blighted by light?18 December 2009
Countryside campaigners and astronomers are together asking people to tell us how their lives have been affected by poorly directed or excessive lighting.
60 years on; a brighter future for our special landscapes?18 December 2009
In the 60th anniversary year of the Act of Parliament that gave our finest landscapes special recognition, countryside campaigners CPRE welcome progress to improve their protection. In particular, CPRE welcomed the recent confirmation of the South Downs National Park and the prospect of extensions to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.
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About usBill Bryson CPRE's new PresidentIn his inaugural speech as President, Bill Bryson celebrates the ‘miracle’ of the British countryside and warns that we need to redouble our efforts to safeguard it.
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