London is full of natural spaces – 47 per cent of it’s geographic area is "green". And yet one in seven of London’s children never go to a green space. And many adults don’t either.
It’s fantastic to see the increase in forest schools across the country, but that doesn’t replace the need for everyday access to the outdoors, even if that is just the street or car park nearby.
This week saw the launch of a proposal to make London the UK’s (and arguably the world’s) first National Park City. This would be a new kind of National Park that sits outside of current legislation. One that will connect the 8.6million people that live here to the 8.3 million trees and 13,000 species of wildlife, the 30,000 allotments and 3000 parks, 300 farms, 142 local nature reserves and 1400 sites of importance for nature conservation.
The key aims of the National Park City – a proposal backed already by both all the National Parks and by the Greater London Assembly – include:
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