The Cairngorms National Park has secured the largest award amongst five projects across the UK to receive a share of £50million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Heritage Horizon Awards.
The Cairngorms 2030: people and nature thriving together project has been developed by the National Park Authority with 45 partners. The plan includes more than 20 schemes across the National Park, which is the largest of the UK and home to 25% of all its threatened species.
The schemes planned include restoring 3,500 hectares of peatland, planting thousands of trees to help add 1,000 hectares of woodland cover, developing a new nature-based dementia centre, segregated walking and cycling routes around Aviemore, and setting up an electric bike network. The aim is to move towards net-zero carbon emissions and deliver a “wellbeing” economy.
https://cairngorms.co.uk/working-together/cairngorms-2030/
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/cairngorms-2030-project-secures-12-5m-funding/
Some examples from HLF funded projects planned by Cairngorms National Park include -
- Catchment restoration for water quality, invasive species removal and angling tourism
- Decarbonising farming and integrating food production with increased biodiversity
- Developing a green dementia centre
- Green/sustainable travel network and reducing cars on the roads by 20% locally by building infrastructure, cycle paths and electric bikes and cargo bikes
- Sustainable deer management
- Natural heritage restoration - dry stone walling, listed buildings, monuments etc...
All of the above can be done without the national park status ,I do not believe this will be a benefit to all residents living in the Lochaber area,it is just more bureaucratic nonsense that we can do with.
ReplyDeleteIt has not been without many many problems in other areas so I will say NO thank you!
There it’s nothing that can only be done by a national park , every function it says it can deliver can be delivered by other bodies and probably for less expenditure
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