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The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore it''Brave and brilliant' George MonbiotUrgent and essential should be required reading'Caroline LucasFor centuries we've been sold a lie: that you need to own the land to care for it.Just 1% of the population own half of England, and this tiny landowning elite like to present themselves as the rightful custodians of the countryside. They're even paid billions of pounds of public money to be good stewards. But what happens when they just don't care?A small number of landowners have laid waste to some of our most treasured landscapes, leaving our forests bare, our rivers polluted, our moorlands burned, and our fenlands drained. Here Guy Shrubsole journeys all over Britain to expose the damage done to our land, and meet the communities fighting back: the river guardians, small farmers and trespassing activists restoring our lost wildlife. Ful

The Lie of the Land

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The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 9/12/2024
    ISBN13: 9780008651770, 978-0008651770
    ISBN10: 0008651779

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore it''Brave and brilliant' George MonbiotUrgent and essential should be required reading'Caroline LucasFor centuries we've been sold a lie: that you need to own the land to care for it.Just 1% of the population own half of England, and this tiny landowning elite like to present themselves as the rightful custodians of the countryside. They're even paid billions of pounds of public money to be good stewards. But what happens when they just don't care?A small number of landowners have laid waste to some of our most treasured landscapes, leaving our forests bare, our rivers polluted, our moorlands burned, and our fenlands drained. Here Guy Shrubsole journeys all over Britain to expose the damage done to our land, and meet the communities fighting back: the river guardians, small farmers and trespassing activists restoring our lost wildlife. Ful

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