The countdown is on 🏆 Next week we'll be announcing the winners of the 2026 National Park Protector Awards 🙌 Will you be joining us in London to celebrate the people at the heart of our Parks?

Join us at Blue Earth Summit 🌍 We're joining EOCA to explore a topic very close to our hearts: A wilder future for National Parks 🕙 15 Oct, 11:30–13:00 📍 The Upper Deck We’ll explore what a wilder future for National Parks looks like & how we all can be part of the movement to make it happen

Bringing Nature to the Heart of Labour Conference We're joining forces with SERA & partners for Nature Day in Liverpool 🌿 Nature Day at Labour Party Conference 📅 Tue 29 Sept, 9.30-4.30 📍 Liverpool Quakers Meeting House, L1 3BT 🎟️ Free to attend We'd love to see you there!

This week, we discussed how we can achieve “good growth in every postcode” with the North York Moors Association: 🌿 Make it easier for landowners to restore and rewet peat. 🏡 Use the Protected Landscapes Duty for communities to influence change. 🚌 Devolution presents a major opportunity.

Taking National Parks to Wild Summit 🏞️ Thank you to everyone who joined our National Parks Reimagined workshop with @wclnews.bsky.social Inspired by our fab guest speakers Roshni Parmar-Hill, Dr Maxwell Ayamba & @sionmcgeever.bsky.social, participants shared their hopes & bold ideas

Backed by our Friends we’ve changed laws, helped create new Parks, connected thousands of people with nature & stopped damaging legal decisions in their tracks 💚 Will you keep our mission alive by joining us? Every new Friend will have their donation matched 🤝 Join 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/join/

Our Young Changemaker of the Year Award Nominees 🏆 This award commends young volunteers, campaigners and professionals who have gone above & beyond for our Parks Show your love for our National Park protectors in our People’s Choice vote 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/national-par... ⌛Closes Sunday 30 August

25% of Wales, 100% of Our Future: Why Designated Landscapes Matter More Than Ever! 25% o Gymru, 100% o’n Dyfodol: Pam fod Tirweddau Cymru yn Bwysicach nag Erioed! @campaign4parks.bsky.social @natlandassoc.bsky.social #Cymru #TirweddauCymru landscapeswales.org.uk/25-of-wales-...

25% of Wales, 100% of Our Future: Why Designated Landscapes Matter More Than Ever - Landscapes Wales

A quarter of Wales – our most treasured mountains, valleys, coasts, farms and communities – lies within Designated Landscapes. These...

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North Wales River Trust has been nominated for the People's Choice for @campaign4parks.bsky.social Protector Awards 2026. The nomination is for the trust's Torgoch Project, an initiative to protect an ancient fish species, the Arctic char or Torgoch (red belly) in Welsh. 1/2

Our New Perspectives Award Nominees 🏆 This award celebrates those that champion National Parks where every person feels welcomed, represented and involved. Show your love for our National Park protectors in our People’s Choice vote 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/national-par... ⌛Closes Sunday 30 August

We are delighted that our wetland habitat work (part of the Exmoor Pioneers Project) has received a Marsh National Park Nature Award Nomination 🏆 Share the love-support us as People’s Choice nominee www.cnp.org.uk/national-parks-movement/national-park-protector-awards/ @campaign4parks.bsky.social

Our Marsh National Park Nature Award Nominees 🏆 This award recognises the contribution of a group, project or campaign that has put nature at the heart of their work. Vote for your People's Choice 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/national-par... ⌛Closes Sunday 30 August

Our Living Landscape Award Nominees 🏆 Honouring the people whose stewardship helps our landscapes and communities thrive. Share the love for our National Park protectors and pick your People’s Choice nominee 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/.../. ⌛Closes Sunday 30 August

✅Vote now! / Pleidleisiwch nawr! Congratulations to everyone nominated in the National Park Protector Awards @campaign4parks.bsky.social So excited to see Gareth Davies, See Cymru Differently @rnibcymru.bsky.social, nominated for the People's Choice Award www.cnp.org.uk/national-par...

National Park Protector Awards

The annual National Park Protector Awards are a vital opportunity to recognise and reward the hard work of people who are at the heart of our Parks.

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Incredibly honoured to have been nominated and shortlisted for a National Park Protector Award in the Young Changemaker category! Very grateful to everyone who has supported me on this journey 🫶 Check out all the nominees below and vote for your favourite for the People's Choice category!

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Vote for your People’s Choice nominee 💚 Our judging panel has selected their top 20 National Park Protectors, with the winner to be announced at our award ceremony in October ⌛Voting closes Sunday 30 August Vote 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/.../national...

Vote for your People’s Choice nominee 💚 Our judging panel has selected their top 20 National Park Protectors, with the winner to be announced at our award ceremony in October ⌛Voting closes Sunday 30 August Vote 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/.../national...

We're looking for a Communications Officer to join our team 🌞 💸 £28,000-30,000 🕙One-year fixed-term contract 📍 Home based ⌛Full time or part-time Applications close 9pm Sunday 6 September Apply 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/about/jobs/

Join us at Wild Summit UK 🏞️ Our Wild Summit event, National Parks: Bridges to a Wilder, Fairer Future is grounded in creating the conditions for collective imagination. Learn more and how to get your tickets 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/blog/reimagi...

Happy #WorldRangerDay to all National Park rangers in the UK and beyond 💚🥾 Your work in our Protected Landscapes keeps these places special for everyone 🏞️ Hayden Bridgeman, Ranger Team Leader for Peak District National Park shares what it’s like to be a ranger 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/blog/what-it...

Ban disposable BBQs ❌ When treasured landscapes go quickly up in smoke, we lose habitats and species that could take decades to return. It's time to ban disposable BBQs which have been found to be the cause in multiple fires over the years 🔥 Read our full plan 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/our-national...

Helping landscapes become resilient to wildfires 🌿 National Parks contain massive areas of peatland, a powerful wildfire defense We're calling for: 💧Rewetting & restoring all peatlands 💧Ban on disposable BBQs 💧Ban on burning as a land management Read the plan 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/.../wildfire...

Gov't announces 30by30 delivery plan but not the tools Protected Landscapes need to deliver it 🤷 With only 4 years left & less than 10% of land protected, time is running out ⌛ A promise of £37m for Protected Landscapes is welcome but it’s only a fraction of what is needed 📉

📢 National Park Protector Awards nominations close Sunday Four awards up for grabs: 🦋 Marsh National Park Nature Award 🚜 Living Landscapes Award 🤝 New Perspectives Award 🥾 Young Changemaker of the Year Award Nominate here www.cnp.org.uk/national-par...

BBC Radio Wales' excellent documentary looks at the Glyndŵr National Park 🏞️ Our Policy Manager Gareth explains why we're fully behind the benefits the Park could bring, but are also supportive of the public local inquiry to evaluate concerns raised Listen 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

North East Wales: A Park Too Far? - Part Two - BBC Sounds

Mel Doel travels across Wales asking if a fourth National Park is a good idea.

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Did you know rewilding is helping our National Parks thrive?🌳 From youth-led rewilding at the Penpont Project in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) to peatland restoration at Kingsdale Head in the Yorkshire Dales, projects across Britain are working to make our National Parks wilder. 🧵1/3

Can National Marine Parks support marine nature recovery? Join our next webinar and hear from experts on why we need to recover nature at sea and the potential role of National Marine Parks 🌊 Tuesday 28 July 12:30 - 2pm Free and open to all 👉 campaignfornationalparks.beaconforms.com/form/30e4e0ef

Eryri iconic waterfall in SSSI to become hydroelectric development after National Park Authority vote 😡 This narrow vote prioritises profit over nature & goes against the very purposes of National Parks🚧 This is why we're calling for a governance & purpose reform www.cnp.org.uk/resources/le...

Leading National Parks into the future

Our report Leading National Parks into the future: modernising National Park Authority governance, sets out clear and achievable recommendations grounded in research.

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Do you know a young changemaker? 🥾 Nominations are now open for our Young Changemaker of the Year Award, for devoted volunteers, campaigners and professionals under 35 who have gone above and beyond for National Parks. More... www.cnp.org.uk/.../national...

Do you know a social justice champion? 💪 Nominations are now open for our New Perspectives Award, for those who champion National Parks where every person feels welcomed, represented and involved. More... www.cnp.org.uk/.../national...

Exploring National Parks by bus 🚌 This #BetterTransportWeek we're sharing our Sunday buses car free guide to help you make the most of exploring National Parks 🏞️ www.cnp.org.uk/our-national...