Shifting Shorelines: Coping with Global Warming in the UK
February 28th, 2006 by Monkey
Britain’s National Trust “protects and opens to the public over 300 historic houses and gardens and 49 industrial monuments and mills.” but it also “looks after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, and villages”, many of which are under threat from changing weather and rising waters. Says Director Fiona Reynolds: “Climate change has implications for just about everything the National Trust does. We have to learn from our recent experiences of floods, storm damage and seasonal change and recognise that the ways in which we look after our properties will increasingly be led by the impacts of a changing climate. Climate change is a here and now issue and we need to adapt to it fast”
Originally by lloyd from Treehugger on February 28, 2006, 5:32am
