Historic England (HE) has launched a new addition to Heritage Counts, ‘Heritage and the Environment’ which explores the key aspects affecting England’s natural and built environments and the relationships that exist between them.
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HE writes:
This new addition to Heritage Counts, completes the trio of reports which highlight the value of heritage. Heritage and the Environment explores the key aspects affecting England’s natural and built environments and the relationships that exist between them. From the ever changing uses of land, to the local materials contained within traditional buildings, the knowledge of England’s heritage and how it can be used will be invaluable for future generations.
The evidence presented in this document includes recent research findings as well as past seminal pieces, thus forming part of the heritage sector’s rich, multidimensional knowledge base. The evidence is presented as succinct facts with links to the detailed evidence sources for more technical readers, or those with more specific evidence needs.
This report was written before and during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. Where possible we have added additionally evidence of how the crisis has affected the environment. For example, during the lockdown air pollution and carbon dioxide (CO?) emissions decreased by up to 40%. In April 2020, the daily global emissions of carbon dioxide decreased by 17% (17 million tonnes) to levels last observed in 2006. The UK’s emission of nitrous oxides (NOx) and nitrogen dioxides (N?O) – which are key air pollutants – fell by 30–40% and 20–30%, respectively, during lockdown….
