Statutory bodies and rural conservation: agency or instrument? - Brotherton, I.; Lowe, P. (Elsevier)
The article describes how Britain's main conservation agencies - the Countryside Commission, Nature Conservancy Council and National Park Authorities - have few powers and scant resources. To have any real impact, the authors explain that they must exploit their semi-independent status and act as forceful and persuasive advocates of conservation. Thus, their effectiveness In pursuing the statutory duties with which they are charged depends greatly on the attitudes and interests of the members appointed by ministers to run the agencies. It is shown that there have been marked shifts In the experience and interests of the members appointed since the mid-1970s. The main reasons are seen to be political and the result would appear to be a softening of official policy and practice to the detriment of conservation.
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