Swaling is causing an environmental disaster on Britain's moors | George Monbiot

Our national park authorities are vandals and fabulists, inflicting mass destruction on wildlife and habitats, then calling it conservation

At one end of the country, conservation groups are doing all they can to stop the burning of moors. Challenging the grouse shooting estates, for example, the RSPB argues that "there is an urgent need to restore these landscapes by " bringing an end to burning."

At the other end of the country, conservation groups are doing all they can to ensure that moors are burnt.