kay wrote:
According to this article, DEFRA is planning to meet its 25% cuts
target by measures including Natural England selling it off its Nature
Reserves.

'Plan to sell off nature reserves risks 'austerity countryside' |
Politics | The Guardian' (http://tinyurl.com/3x5mzjn)

Nature reserves are not simply pretty places to visit or museums of
natural history, they are living deposits of biodiversity vital to our
long term future.

I recall a remark about people who know "the cost of everything, and the
value of nothing".

--
Mike.