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Our highlights from 2024
2024 was a big year for us, not only did we celebrate 75 years of National Parks we also had many campaign successes and have set in motion many more for 2025
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The power of young people in nature recovery
Layla and Molly from Young Wilders on the importance of youth involvement in nature recovery. Read their speech from Natural England's Annual Reception.
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Imagining the next 75 years of National Parks
75 years on from the creation of National Parks, how can we embody the spirit of its creation to tackle the fresh challenges our Protected Landscapes face?
For a wilder future, National Parks must represent us all
Chief Executive Dr Rose O’Neill reflects on what an increasingly diverse and modern nation needs from National Parks, and how we need to change to deliver it
New Perspectives: Future Leaders Course
Hayley Quarrington on her experience of the weekend residential in Dartmoor National Park.
Dartmoor: Win or lose, we need new access legislation
Lewis Winks from the Right to Roam Campaign on we need new legislation to defend and extend our access to the countryside.
How National Parks helped shape my career
Olivia Watts shares how her experiences of National Parks guided her career
National Parks and People
Alienor Hammer on finding her roots in Dartmoor and the Lake District National Park
The Last Lynx
Aila Taylor takes us back in time to when the Eurasian lynx roamed the Yorkshire Dales and examines if they could have a future there too
Empowering BAME Communities Through National Parks
Dewan Choudhury reflects on why it’s so important for everyone to experience nature and how his passion drives his work
An inspirational weekend
An inspirational weekend – fuelled by empowered people empowering people, Linn Wiberg reflects on her weekend
All about uplands
Rugged, windswept and wild, we’re exploring the history and present challenges facing the breathtaking uplands of our National Parks.
Commodification of the Countryside
Eben Muse pushes back on the financial barriers to nature and reminds us that access to the countryside should be a right, not a privilege.