Can the 'Right to Roam' boost nature connection and restoration?
On this episode of\xa0Mongabay\u2019s\xa0podcast,\xa0Rachel Donald\xa0speaks with campaigner and activist\xa0Jon Moses\xa0about the \u2018right to roam\u2019 movement in England which seeks to reclaim common rights to use private and public land to reconnect with nature and repair the damage done from centuries of exclusionary land ownership.
In this discussion and the new book\xa0Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You\xa0he's co-edited with Nick Hayes, Moses recounts the history of land ownership change in England ('enclosure') and why re-establishing a common \u2018freedom to roam\u2019\u2014a right observed in other nations such as the Czech Republic or Norway\u2014is needed. English citizens currently only have access to 8% of their land, for example.
\u201cThere needs to be a kind of rethinking really of [what] people's place is in the landscape and how that intersects with a kind of [new] relationship between people and nature as well,\u201d he says on this episode.
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Image credit: Participants of the 'Love Your River' event on the River Derwent. Image courtesy of Jon Moses.
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(00:00) Introduction
(02:19) The 'Right to Roam'
(06:06) The historical context of 'enclosure'
(13:42) The modern struggle to reclaim access to nature
(27:49) Cross cultural perspectives, and breaking the barriers
(38:32) Post-chat
(50:19) Credits