{"id":27061,"date":"2020-07-21T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27061"},"modified":"2020-07-20T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:25:26","slug":"cpre-calls-for-greater-green-ambition-and-shares-vision-for-building-back-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27061","title":{"rendered":"CPRE calls for greater green ambition and shares vision for \u2018building back better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fieldsCPRE has set out its vision to regenerate the countryside and ourselves \u2013 and says the government\u2019s plans make a mockery of its \u2018so-called green recovery\u2019.<\/h3>\n

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Council to Protect Rural England (CPRE) writes:<\/p>\n

The PM\u2019s \u2018new deal\u2019 speech came just a day before CPRE, the countryside charity, launches our own detailed \u2018manifesto\u2019 for a green recovery that can support the regeneration of the economy, our wellbeing and the environment. This vision urges the government to use this post-coronavirus moment as an opportunity for real change, laying out recommendations for ways to stimulate the economy while making life greener and more resilient for the countryside and its communities.<\/p>\n

Amongst other key proposals,\u00a0Regenerate our countryside, regenerate ourselves: A manifesto for a resilient countryside after coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0emphasises that our Green Belts, the countryside next door for 30 million people, and other countryside around large towns and cities, should see funding significantly increased to make sure they\u2019re used better for people and to help mitigate climate breakdown. It also presses for the support of greener farming techniques that could make our food supply more resilient.<\/p>\n

The recommendations in the CPRE manifesto, with their emphasis on sustainable, community-led development and progress, are starkly at odds with Boris Johnson\u2019s proposed approach. Tom Fyans, our campaigns and policy director, said:<\/p>\n

\u2018With road building at its heart, the PM\u2019s \u201cnew deal\u201d makes a mockery of the government\u2019s so-called green recovery. At this historic moment, the government must show real ambition and build back better, not worse, and in doing so balance our health and wellbeing, nature and countryside and the economic recovery.\u2019<\/p>\n

A greener future \u2013 for everyone<\/h2>\n

The CPRE\u2019s manifesto for a regenerated countryside, future and population is being launched with a virtual debate. Leading countryside and political voices including Philip Dunne MP, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Mike Amesbury MP, shadow minister for housing and planning and Caroline Lucas MP, former leader of the Green Party, are speaking at the event.<\/p>\n

The manifesto calls for steps towards a resilient countryside with thriving rural communities. But, given the\u00a0regenerative power of green spaces<\/a>\u00a0that became so clear during lockdown, we\u2019re stressing the need for the countryside to be open to everyone, whether visiting, living or working there. This is especially pertinent in the light of the deep inequalities around access to the countryside that coronavirus highlighted.<\/p>\n

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‘… given the regenerative power of green spaces that became so clear during lockdown, we\u2019re especially calling for the countryside to be open to everyone, whether visiting, living or working there.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Natural England\u2019s figures show that children from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are 20% less likely than white children to visit the countryside. That\u2019s why our manifesto includes a call for every child to be guaranteed a night in nature in a National Park or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as recommended in last year\u2019s Landscapes Review by Julian Glover OBE.<\/p>\n

Rhiane Fatinikun,\u00a0founder of Black Girls Hike<\/a>\u00a0and a panellist at the launch, spoke to this element of our work. She said:<\/p>\n

\u2018Representing people of all backgrounds in the countryside really matters \u2026 For too long I didn\u2019t even think about connecting with nature, as if the countryside wasn\u2019t for me.<\/p>\n

\u2018Black Girls Hike was set up to change this. Creating a safe space with people who share your experiences, is refreshing but also essential for our wellbeing. We\u2019ll continue breaking down the barriers to nature and the countryside in the hope that more black girls and people of all backgrounds follow us into the great outdoors.\u2019<\/p>\n

A \u2018once in a generation opportunity\u2019<\/h2>\n

At the event, CPRE president Emma Bridgewater summarised what we feel this historic moment can offer, and what we want to see for a green and inclusive future:<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re calling on the government to seize this once in a generation opportunity to put the countryside and access to green spaces at the heart of the recovery. That means putting the Green Belt ahead of developers\u2019 profit margins, guaranteeing children\u2019s education includes quality time in nature and breaking down the barriers to the countryside for groups previously excluded.<\/p>\n

\u2018But we also need to make sure rural communities don\u2019t bear the brunt of the economic fallout by supporting the rural economy and investing in rural social housing. Only then can the government claim to be learning the lessons of lockdown and building back better.\u2019<\/p>\n

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