On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:33:17 +0200, Mike Lyle
wrote:

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".


There would be some advantages to the sale/transfer of National Nature
Reserves to suitable managers (local and national wildlife trusts) as they
could attract considerable European funding for their management,
something which a quango is not able to do.
--
rbel