Managing our National Parks
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Approximately 6% of the Earth’s land surface is covered in National Parks – but what does it take to look after these rare and special landscapes?
We go beyond the tourist trails to hear about the challenges and opportunities facing the people managing the parks.
Presenter Laura Heighton-Ginns meets the president of Gorongosa in Mozambique, a park that’s powering the local economy. Gorongosa has become the region’s largest employer and operates a number of side businesses to help with its funding.
Laura also visits Dartmoor in the South West of England, which has seen government financial support cut by nearly half over the last 10 years.
And she finds out about the oldest protected area in the world – and why its future is uncertain.
Presenter/producer Laura Heighton-Ginns.
Image: Gorongosa National Park. Credit: Gabriela Curtiz / Gorongosa National Park
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Laura Height and Jins. Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. |
| 0:09.2 | Today we'll go beyond the tourist trails to find out about the pressures of managing national parks. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm in Dartmoor in South West England, which has seen its funding plummet over the last 10 years. |
| 0:22.3 | Also in the program, the World Bank's Global Director of Environment tells me why National Parks are particularly |
| 0:27.3 | vulnerable in an economic downturn. There's always a danger that when finances are tight |
| 0:33.6 | and communities are suffering, that they will look to use any asset they have, and sometimes to use |
| 0:39.6 | it unsustainably. |
| 0:41.1 | We visit the Mozambican Park that's become the biggest employer in its region. |
| 0:46.0 | There was an open opportunity. |
| 0:48.0 | I have to fly to South Africa. |
| 0:49.5 | And I actually had one of the highest score, 94%. |
| 0:54.4 | And then you got the job. |
| 0:56.4 | Yes, and then I got the job. |
| 0:58.6 | And do you know where that oldest national park in the world is? |
| 1:02.4 | I'll give you a small clue, despite popular belief it isn't in the United States. |
| 1:07.6 | That's coming up on Business Daily. |
| 1:13.4 | So we're in Dartmoor National Park. I'm here with... |
| 1:17.9 | So yeah, morning, it's Richard Drysdale, Director of Conservation Communities at |
| 1:22.0 | Dartmo National Park Authority. And we're also joined by Cocoa the Dog. |
| 1:26.5 | And we've been walking for about 30 minutes. |
| 1:28.7 | We're just coming up to a vantage point. |
| 1:31.4 | I understand. I've never been here before. |
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