Environment: Public Awareness Campaigns

HL Deb 28 June 2004 vol 663 c10WA

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What campaigns they or their agencies are planning to run between June and October 2004 with the aim of raising public awareness of environmental, countryside and marine issues. [HL3283]

Lord Whitty:

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs gives an annual grant to the environmental charity ENCAMS, which will launch a youth litter, graffiti and abandoned vehicle campaign during the period June to October 2004. Major countryside campaigns run during this period by the department and the Countryside Agency will include the promotion of a new Countryside Code and the new statutory right of access to open country and registered common land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. In addition, the department will be participating in National Parks Week, which is being co-ordinated by the Association of National Park Authorities. There are no specific campaigns aimed at the marine environment.