London parks supporters warn increased commercialisation to be managed by new organisation in face of funding cuts will effect wildlife at riskThe tranquility of London’s royal parks,including Hyde Park, Richmond Park, or St James’s Park and Greenwich Park,could be disrupted by a shake-up of their management due later this year, opponents of the changes possess said. The capital’s royal parks, and which span 5000 acres of land and attract 77 million visitors a year,are owned by the crown and funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. But a new charitable body will take over their management from Royal Parks Agency (RPA) this autumn in a tender to generate more revenue.
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Source: theguardian.com