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Five-year plan to protect landscape
CONSERVATIONISTS have drawn up a new plan to protect the Cotswolds' beautiful countryside over the next five years.
The Cotswolds Conservation Board has devised the management plan for the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the largest of 40 AONBs the government established to protect landscapes that are so beautiful they are recognised as being of national importance.
Covering 790 square miles, the Cotswolds AONB stretches from south Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the north, through Gloucestershire and parts of west Oxfordshire, down to Wiltshire and the area surrounding Bath in the south.
Designed as a guide for councils, statutory agencies, businesses and other organisations, as well as individuals, the plan covers development, transport, rural land management, natural resources, biodiversity, the historic environment, climate change, globalisation, lifestyles and other issues.
The board is an independent organisation with 40 members, who comprise 17 nominated by local authorities, 15 by the government and eight by parish councils.
It has two statutory purposes; to conserve and enhance the AONB's natural beauty and to increase public understanding and enjoyment of the area.
In fulfilling these roles, it aims to foster the social and economic well being of Cotswold residents.
The board's chairman Niel Curwen said: "The new plan not only sets out our policies, aims and objectives over the next five years but also provides a vision for the future of the AONB over the next 25 years.
"This is not just a plan prepared by the board itself.
"It is a plan for all those who value the area and have an interest in it.
"Our successes to date reflect the commitment of many different individuals and organisations.
"This will also be true of the implementation of the new plan over the next five years.
"It will only succeed in shaping a positive future for the Cotswolds AONB if people with varied interests work closely together to achieve results."
12:07pm Thursday 8th May 2008
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