National Trust oppose Stansted runway
05.10.08
The National Trust, Europe's largest conservation organisation, has added its voice to the opposition against a second runway at Stansted Airport. It said BAA’s plans to expand Stansted led to serious concerns for the future of Hatfield Forest.
The charity’s spokesman Ade Clarke said the potential increase in noise pollution alone would have a major impact on the forest’s ancient landscape and the tranquility, experienced by over a quarter of a million visitors annually, would be ruined. He added: ‘The inevitable increase in air pollution would also jeopardise the Forest’s species and long-term stability.'
The forest has many ancient trees, several hundred species of rare moths, flies, plants, fungi and lichen and 65 species of breeding birds. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a National Nature Reserve.
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