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THE intimation by the Lord President of the Council in the House of Commons on April 29 that the Government has at long last agreed, in principle to establish a Nature Conservation Board and a Biological Service under the auspices of the Agricultural Research Council is both welcome and reassuring. It is not merely that the scientific community has the satisfaction of seeing the principal scientific recommendations of the Conservation of Nature reports accepted. By implication, some effective action must be contemplated in regard to Nature reserves, and possibly national parks also, if the proposed Biological Service is to have an adequate field of work. The statement was the more welcome because earlier replies, given in the House of Commons on April 8 and during a debate on the same day in the House of Lords, gave the impression that the Government was hesitating to take a decision.
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National Parks in Britain. Nature 161, 783–785 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161783a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161783a0