Tamar Valley dons the last AONB designation mantle

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The Tamar Valley near Plymouth will become the last AONB, a decision which has been welcomed by planners and councillors, although it was felt that the AONB should cover a wider area. Conservationists were concerned as to whether the AONBs already designated had successfully protected the landscape. The majority of the area was already covered by other local designations, but the AONB will have higher priority.

Environmental aspects, Plymouth, England

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Black Country leads way: industry gave the Black Country its name but with the help of an environmental group it could change the way the whole of the UK thinks about urabn forestry

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The Black Country Urban Forestry Unit has had its remit expanded thoroughout the whole country and will not operated as the National Urban Forestry Unit. It will help authorities to develop a more strategic approach to greening. It has already helped to establish a further 150 ha of urban forest in its area and offers a planned approach to urban forestry planning.

Planning, Urban forestry

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Passing the 'poisoned chalice' of opencast

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The mining industry is witnessing a decline in opencast mining. In 1994-95, 1.68 million hectares were approved for opencast mining, compared to 1.7 million hectares in 1993-94, according to provisional results. The number of individual applications fell to 21 in 1994-95 from 33 in 1993-94.

Coal, Coal Mining, Statistics, Coal industry

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