High-profile visits have had a big impact on local opinion as well as on policymakers’ understanding of the importance of these communities and landscape.

For many practical reasons, The Prince of Wales supports the work of the ADEPT Foundation, and others, who are protecting these landscapes and communities. The Prince of Wales sees no point in replacing something that works, on every level, with something that does not work, in the name of competiveness. The loss of these landscapes just as we are beginning to appreciate their full value would be a tragedy.