Privatising Nature Reserves
Despite record numbers of new recruits in Britain's different conservation groups, it appears such organisations are powerless to stop planned sell-offs of nature reserves. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has more than 500,000 members, Greenpeace 200,000, World Wide Fund for Nature 150,000 and Friends of the Earth 100,000. However protests from these groups seem not to have dissuaded Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley from pressing ahead with plans to sell off some of the "crown jewels" of Britain's natural treasures. The consequences for non-government organisations such as RSPB — presumably the
likely buyers for the reserves — are worrying. Their role will possibly change from being nature advocates to reserve managers. Already the RSPB owns reserves and the responsibility of that role reduces their advocacy work. It is a cautionary tale for those who have advocated that in New Zealand a private national trust take over the role of the Department of Conservation.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 August 1989, Page 6
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157Privatising Nature Reserves Forest and Bird, Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 August 1989, Page 6
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