HA says that DEFRA needs to work with all relevant stakeholders, including the Heritage Alliance, Historic England, and DCMS, to take this forward. Provided that happens, this approach has the potential to be transformative, to reverse decades of decline, and to achieve the aims of the 25-Year Environment Plan for both the natural and historic environments. The alternative is for another Government, in 25 years’ time, to be saying again that “our failure to understand the full value of the benefits of environment and cultural heritage has seen us make poor choices…”
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