The National Forest is boosting local pride

摘要

Local people have strong, positive perceptions of England's National Forest and closely associate it with improving environmental and economic conditions in the area, according to the overriding conclusions of recent research. Growing places: a study of change in The National Forest was undertaken by social scientists John Urry and Jake Morris from the Social Science Department of Lancaster University. It was commissioned by Forestry Commission England with support from the National Forest Company, in response to the Forest's reputation as a place 'on the up'.