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'DEVELOPING GLOCAL ENVIRONMENTALISM'
World Views of Nature Workshop
Norwood Hall, London
9-11-2013
Dr. Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy
Why ethnic minority communities do not visit the National Parks? There are many reasons why ethnic minority people tend not to visit the National Parks including lack of awareness, , concerns and worries, and problems of accessibility.
The Mosaic project has tapped into of people across England who come from communities that do not traditionally use the National Parks and who want to share their love of the countryside with those communities
Ethnic minorities make up around 10% of the national population, they represent only about 1% of visitors to the National Parks.
The Delivery Model – Training, organising and leading group visits
issues of
relevancea previously hidden
resource
Mosaic Community Champions, 2012
Taken from Mosaic project evaluation report 2012. To access full report go to http://heritagehindusamaj.wordpress.com/peak-district-access-for-all-vasudeiva-kutumbakam/
Have Mosaic partners achieved organisational change?The biggest achievement in terms of organisational change is in the Mosaic has helped the NPAs to develop new relationships with the local BME voluntary sector and to strengthen those relationships that were already in place.The Mosaic Community
Champions have introduced at least 28,000 people from ethnic minority communities to the National Parks during the project period. This includes at least 9,000 people who have been taken on visits to the National Parks for the first time and thousands more who have been engaged in formal or informal talks and presentations about the National Parks.
attitudes of the staff and Members of the partner organisations
Clive Betts, MP, Chair of All Party Parliamentary Committee on
National Parks, 2011
Richard Benyon, MP, Minister of State for the Environment, 2013
With CEO Andy Wilson , North York Moors NPA, 2012
PhD student Immo with her kids at Derwent valley, 2012
Community champions learning new skills and team building, 2012
Mosaic ‘Lets do it’ Bike Ride, 2012
http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/rangers/job
Role of Ranger
Public access Conservation Visitors Local communityEnvironmental EducationCountryside safety
Qualified as volunteer Ranger with Peak District National Park Authority in 2011
Hydro power projects in the Peak District, 2012 , 2013
‘Elephant in the Park’ Ganesha Guided Walk
in the Peak District, 2012
Caving trip to Bagshawe Cavern in the Peak District NP (2013)
ASHA walk at Longshaw Estate, Peak District NPA (2013)
With volunteer ranger Jack, who has been rangering for 50 years! (2012)
Millstones in the Peak District National Park – forms the logo of the Park Authority
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