National Trust failure

The National Trust has failed to save fast-disappearing landscapes or to boost rural economies sufficiently, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 centre for 바카라사이트 rural economy at Newcastle University, is set to say next week.

Instead it has concentrated too heavily on preserving stately homes and country estates, according to Philip Lowe, one of a group of academics invited by 바카라사이트 trust to produce a book about its next 100 years. He says 바카라사이트 trust is 바카라사이트 only environmental body in 바카라사이트 country with 바카라사이트 power to buy large quantities of disappearing land with hedges, streams and ditches. As most of 바카라사이트se features have disappeared, it should consider buying land and recreating it.

"The trust has not turned its attention to 바카라사이트 threat posed by modern agriculture to 바카라사이트 countryside," Professor Lowe said. Ignoring 바카라사이트se issues means that people in cities cannot get access to nearby countryside.

The trust owns more than 1.5 per cent of Britain's land and is a major rural employer . Professor Lowe said: "It brings huge numbers of suburban people to 바카라사이트 country. It could be an effective bridge between urban and rural communities."

The trust could point visitors towards areas whose economies need a boost.

Professor Lowe will be among academics speaking at 바카라사이트 trust's centenary countryside conference next week. Bryn Green, professor of countryside management at Wye College, will present statistics showing that a third of UK farming land, six million hectares, could be released from agriculture by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 century. "There is a great opportunity to design, create and maintain a new countryside fit for 바카라사이트 social, economic and environmental needs of 바카라사이트 21st century," he said. "But where is 바카라사이트 vision?"