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A Sustainable Future

The Society's proposal for a Cambrian Mountains AONB

On 18th November 2006, at a launch event in Tregaron (click here for a report), the Cambrian Mountains Society published its flagship document:

Cambrian Mountains - The Heart of Wales:
Developing a Strategy for a Sustainable Future

The document outlines a vision for the future of the Cambrian Mountains, considers alternative ways of achieving this vision, and provides reasoned justification for the view that the creation of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is the most practical way forward.

Click the cover image for PDF download (1.4Mb), or here for a low graphics version (0.4Mb).

CCW-commissioned Report gives thumbs-up for AONB designation

A new report for the Countryside Council for Wales lends very strong support to our views on the benefits of AONB designation. The report’s title, Pathfinder –Testing the Appropriateness of Designation – is exactly what we might have asked for ourselves if we had been commissioning it, and many of its conclusions and recommendations also mirror our own.

Click here for a detailed consideration of the report, and for links to the report itself.

These comments seem particularly relevant:

	‘AONB designation is likely to improve the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty of an area.’
	‘AONB designation is able to contribute positively to the social and economic development of an area. The engagement of AONB partnerships in a broad range of actions supporting sustainable development is at the heart of their work, not an outlier. Well-run AONB partnerships enjoy the enthusiastic support of local communities and the business sector.’
	‘No alternative to AONB designation will be as effective. With suffi cient political commitment, alternatives to designation can achieve some of the same benefits. However, designation is clearly advantageous now, and when the uncertainties of the next 50 years are taken into account, the foundation of a national statutory designation is clearly superior.’

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