“The Fight for Beauty” – Fiona Reynolds’ book on the British countryside
by Angus, 13 April, 2017, 1 comments
"People will only protect what they care about, and they will only care about what they have experienced" according to David Attenborough. On this basis, Fiona Reynolds argues that we need to help the public to have easy access to the British countryside and to do conservation in a hands-on way rather than leave it all to professionals. We must help people touch and feel trees and woodlands if we want them to be valued.
"The Fight for Beauty" is a 320 page book containing a magnificent account of the efforts to preserve British landscape, species and habitats in the 60 years after the war but as Reynolds admits it is still true that, "nature protection remains weak" and habitat loss has been severe as we continue to witness the sixth mass extinction event. Read more...
