Uncommon Ground : Rethinking Our Relationship with the Countryside by Patrick Galbraith Maisie Hill

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In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe everyone lived ‘off the land’ in one way or another

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Uncommon Ground : Rethinking Our Relationship with the Countryside by Patrick Galbraith Maisie HillThe countryside is under increasing pressure and people, the science shows, need nature. Access to the countryside is essential for our health, our happiness and our future. But does nature need us? In January 2023, the largest land access demonstration since the 1930s took place on a bright wintery morning on Dartmoor. The access movement demands that the countryside be thrown open. This, they argue, would help nature by giving the public the