We are being told we have to prepare for budget cuts. Funding for national landscapes is woefully inadequate. We are under significant pressure from degrading nature, development and decreasing funding. But we are charged with providing nature recovery.
The national park chiefs warned that their areas were at risk of becoming paper parks with no visitor centres or rangers, as Defra considered cutting budgets to unsustainable levels.
National landscapes are even more at risk than national parks as they cover almost double the area and experience significantly higher levels of pressure from farming and development.
It's not enough to accept these places can just carry on unprotected. It's really important that we take action to ensure their future.
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