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Fears Natural England may lose powers amid row with Dartmoor farmers

Tory MPs call for ministers, not watchdog, to make decisions on sites of special scientific interest

The Guardian - UK

Bannau Brycheiniog: new name for the park but poor state of nature harder to fix

The former Brecon Beacons has acknowledged it is facing an onslaught of environmental threats – with the UK’s national parks from Dartmoor to the Cairngorms facing similar pressures

The Guardian - UK

Park authority members back appeal against Dartmoor wild camping ruling

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought the successful legal challenge against the DNPA, claiming some campers cause problems to livestock.

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Landowner accuses Dartmoor officials of ‘acting like campaigners’

Dartmoor National Park Authority is preparing to appeal against court decision to overturn right to wild camp

The Guardian - UK

Park authority can appeal against Dartmoor wild camping ruling

In January, a judge concluded that a nearly 40-year-old piece of legislation did not provide a right to wild camp on Dartmoor.

The Independent UK

Dartmoor wild camping hopes rise as park wins right to appeal against ban

Authority given permission to challenge high court ruling in favour of landowner

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs and farmers in clash with Natural England over Dartmoor sheep

Move to stop overgrazing harming bird habitats would ‘destroy ancient tradition’ and harm business, say MPs

The Guardian - UK

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Country diary: The dawn chorus here begins with a quack

West Dartmoor, Devon: They’re my harbingers of spring – a pair of mallards that arrive in the garden to nibble on the grain beneath the bird feeders

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: Letter to a Land Owner by Sean Borodale

A poem in response to the ban on wild camping in Dartmoor – a quiet, tender appeal against the belief that ‘powerful landscapes are only for the wealthy’

The Guardian - UK

This land is our land – but greed is trumping freedom

Letters: It seems we have no right to be on this planet without the permission of landowners, writes Peter Reilly; plus letters from Linda Gresham and Paul Dobbs

The Guardian - UK

Loving homes needed for mini ponies and donkeys following 'heartbreaking' centre closure

The Miniature Pony Centre near Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor is looking to find 'loving, forever homes' for its animals once it shuts its doors to the public for the final time

Daily Mirror

Tale of two tribes in Dartmoor wild camping row

A bitter dispute between a millionaire hedge fund boss and the campers he has banned from pitching on the land he owns is reaching boiling point, Matt Mathers reports

The Independent UK

Dartmoor park launches attempt to appeal against wild camping ruling

Lawyers argue judgment to end wild camping without landowner’s permission may be flawed

The Guardian - UK

Labour government would pass right to roam act and reverse Dartmoor ban

Exclusive: Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon says access to land and waterways ‘needs to change’

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The Conversation

Dartmoor wild camping ban shows why Britain needs a universal right to roam

When the owners of the 4,000-acre Blachford estate in Dartmoor, a vast moorland in south-west England, recently won the right to exclude campers from their land, it demonstrated how fragile the right to enjoy Britain’s countryside is.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands march across Dartmoor to demand right to wild camp

More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England

The Guardian - UK

Dartmoor landowner who won wild camping ban may be putting rare beetle at risk

Exclusive: Alexander Darwall, who said he brought case to improve conservation, is releasing pheasants near protected woodland

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The Guardian - UK

The UK government knows it’s on borrowed time – that’s why it’s tearing up our freedoms

In relationships, controlling and coercive behaviour is now a criminal offence. In British politics, it is glorified, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing can take its place’: dismayed Dartmoor wild campers share memories

Lovers of the national park mourn loss of right to camp – for some a balm for their mental health, for others a rite of passage

The Guardian - UK

MP who received donation from landowner refuses to criticise Dartmoor camping decision

Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall was given £5,000 according to parliament’s register of members’ interests in 2020

Daily Mirror

Two national parks in UK revealed as the best in Europe for hikers - see the full list

The New Forest and Lake District are the best national parks in Europe for hiking trails, according to an analysis of the areas by outdoor specialists Cotswolds

The Guardian - UK

The Dartmoor wild camping ban further limits our right to roam. It must be fought

The high court ruling is an outrage when we are already banned from 92% of the country’s land, says writer and science communicator Sophie Pavelle

The Guardian - UK

‘Something beautiful has been taken away’: campaigners vow to fight ban on Dartmoor camping

A judge’s decision making it unlawful to pitch a tent on the moors without the landowner’s permission is set to spark a wave of right-to-roam protests

The Independent UK

Dartmoor wild camping ruling ‘huge step backward’

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought a successful legal challenge over wild camping.

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