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People do not want to trespass on private land here - they are upset that they have to trespass private land, to reach the land where they have the right to roa
by lukan 3y ago
People do not want to trespass on private land here - they are upset that they have to trespass private land, to reach the land where they have the right to roam. But they are usually surrounded by fences of private land.
"In 2000 the Countryside and Rights of Way Act gave people a right to roam over certain landscape types, such as mountains, moorland, heathland, downland and commons.
However, the campaign group Right to Roam argues that this landscape – known as “access land” and covering about 8% of England – is often surrounded by farmed fields and other privately owned landscapes, creating inaccessible “islands” of free-to-roam land."
- balderdash 3y agoMy point is not about trespassing but rather “responsible access” - people still feel ok not acting responsibly (while trespassing) if you increase the number of people accessing land you are by definition going to increase the number of people acting “irresponsibly” (there is a zero percent chance that 100% of people act responsibly)
- actionfromafar 3y agoI feel the same way about money.
- lukan 3y agoIf you have a direct way through the private land, maybe even fenced to both sides if you feel threatened - then this would not be a issue here. But irresponsible people are a general problem. Often it is just mere ignorance, though. Many people simply do not know for example how to .. go to the toilet in a forest. Even when you do not have a shovel with you, with a wooden stick or stone, one can make a hole deep enough to cover all of your buisness. And suddenly all the trees next to the major walking paths would not be covered in shit and toilet paper anymore. And that you do not drop your garbage wherever you stand, is a deep rooted sociological problem. One for me starting with the stupid smoking ad campaigns, where the cool cowboy flicks away his cigarette. And where it lands, the plastic will remain.
- mejarc 3y agoYes. Here in the western U.S., some public lands near populated areas close during the summer, because of extreme fire danger. Having larger crowds camping in the woods raises the danger for everyone, even with the supervision of the forest service. It'd be insanity to ignore trespassers on private lands in summer.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoThis discussion reminds me of the "green corridors" specifically created over highways and such so that wildlife doesn't get stranded on islands (which is often a last step before extinction). Sounds like one could... erm, "kill two birds with one stone" here ?