and national park system and what is the role of the national parks before we get back to the biodiversity issue. how does national park help protect biodiversity and what is the role of the national park in conservation? >> the united states can sort of claim that we created the idea behind national parks. in that we would set aside a piece of land for the people, for primary purpose of protecting it for future generations, abraham lincoln did it first with the giant sequoias which is now yosemite limit-- literally during the civil war. in 1872, yellowstone follow that the parks range from the largest 13 million acres in iceland, switzerland down to very very small units that represent the cultural and historical history of the nation and the intent behind it is to be representative that of the ecosystems that are found within the united states and the cultural history of our nation as well and they are-- there are clearly's in both of those inventories, ones we have sought to fill. on the biodiversity ecological side of the scale the national parks are sort of that anchor sc

every year. visitors who visit national parks every yea r. year. we know it will notjust be julian glover doing the every year. we know it will notjust bejulian glover doing the review, he will be supported by a panel of experts, from farming to tourism, and we expect those recommendations to be made next year in 2019, although we do not know exactly when at the moment. so we'll have to wait until next year to learn whether we are being recommended to have new national in england. they informed churchill that hitler was dead and picked up on the first reports of the nuclear disaster at chernobyl. bbc monitoring has been covering breaking international stories as they happen for more than 70 years. but now the team are set to bid farewell to caversham park, the grand building it has called home since the second world war. david sillito has been to meet the men and women who've listened into history. translation: this is moscow... jfk: i have today been informed by chairman khrushchev... welcome to caversham. and this is? the listening room. th

i had no chance whatsoever of becoming director of the national park system. i wasn't certain that i would be even qualified to be a ranger, but i was sort of hoping that that's what i would do, would be a ranger in a park, a major park or that i could get a job eventually helping farmers identify their insects and other pests, and that that would be -- that would keep me outdoors. that's what i wanted more than anything else in the world. so things just openedded up for me. i was very fortunate, and i wish everyone sitting here not only could develop the same innate, gut feeling for conservation, but that they will have an adventure in nature comparable to the one that i've benefited with. >> well, i'm going to turn to john in a minute, but why ants? why ants? what was it about ants? >> well, i started with butterflies. >> okay. >> and then i went to snakes for my passion. and there are 32 species of snakes in the south-central gulf area where i spent a lot of my boyhood. and i collected and found almost all of them. then, tiring of snakes, i began to look aro

it absolutely is, and it is an beautiful weekends like this that you can really see what makes national parksrvoir, as he said, and yes, the peak district is actually the first national partners has ever created, backin national partners has ever created, back in 1951. there are ten of them now ina back in 1951. there are ten of them now in a bid alone, along —— in england alone. these are great places for walking, cycling, exploring, what has restructured its begins in some of the people around here, isjust begins in some of the people around here, is just how many different kinds of people they attract. all you need is a car to get here, really, and then you are off. you can walk for free, taking the glorious views. we spoke to some people about the idea of these parks, the review of the protection that these parks have, how valuable they are, and we asked people what they are, and we asked people what they thought about the idea of whether getting new designated national parks is a good idea? very valuable, and they have to be maintained, as well. while they are not as used as these to be,

it would be a really good idea to increase the number of national parks.ou go out and get into the countryside, away from those things that make you feel pressured. somewhere where people to go for, somewhere different. i am from huddersfield, but we come on a regular basis, now, so. you heard some people talking thereabouts unconcerned that things like population growth increasingly demand for housing could have some impact on areas of outstanding natural beauty, and some people may be and getting out into the countryside as much as they want. it is concerned like that that have prompted michael gove to launch this review. it will also be looking at whether the national park system is working for people who live there, whether it is working for their economies, as well. as well as the 260 million visitors that come in every year. that review will be led bya every year. that review will be led by a writer, julian glover, who will also have a panel of experts from everything to tourism to farming. gareth batty nat report sometime next year, we did know when

news. 0ur correspondent katy austin was at digley reservoir in the peak district — one of the 10 national parkse. the sunny weather really shows off just the kind of spectacular scenery you can expect from some of britain's's national parks. yes, the peak district, right on the north edge, the peak district one of the first national parks ever created back in 1951. and, as you say, there are now ten of them across england alone, and 3a areas of outstanding natural beauty, as well. all of those designations designed to protect the landscape, make sure they don't get overdeveloped, make sure people can enjoy them and preserve them forfuture generations. we were speaking to a lot of the people who come up to the peak district today to enjoy the scenery through walking and cycling, and what strikes you was that not only are these often farming areas, worked land, but there are a big draw for people from all walks of life. you don't have to spend a lot of money to drive here and go for a walk, it's free. and the people we spoke to were really keen to preserve these landscapes. they were very proud o

the cpre are now fighting for great tracts of land to be used for national parks.and the right to roam. there were mass trespasses, arrests and propaganda films like this. but it wasn't until 1951 that the post—war government legislated to create britain's first national park, here in the peak district, a place where ordinary people could enjoy the extraordinary beauty of nature and that would be protected from overzealous developers. over the intervening years, others have been added. the lake district, dartmoor, snowdonia in wales and the cairngorms in scotland. now, there are 15 national parks. 70 years on, the environment secretary michael gove says it is time for a fresh look at the system. writing in the sunday telegraph, mr gove says a growing population and decline in some habitats could not be ignored and he is ordering a review, which he says has the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks and britain's 3a designated areas of outstanding nat

that a review needs to be done now of how we use oui’ needs to be done now of how we use our national parksoke to thought oh well, extend them. for example here bring in the deniers as well, create a much bigger national park but we will than we had to wait to see what the review suggests. we knowjulian see what the review suggests. we know julian glover see what the review suggests. we knowjulian glover is expected to read that review, use a writer and will have a panel of experts advising him and they are respect —— expected to report back next year. time for a look at the weather. while thunderstorms are breaking out across all parts of the country many of us are enjoying the fine, sunny weather. it's the south that is getting the real action on the weather front. these are the storms that happened during the course of last night's sweeping across the south moving a little further northwards and the thunderstorm risk will continue across the southern half of the uk for the next few days. it's this very volatile atmosphere here across western parts of europe. there is some terrific thunde

national park service. currently, when veterans are buried in some of the federal cemeteries, as you have heard, a number of the families were left to pay the burial costs that typically would be afforded them under the circumstances. current law requires when a veteran is buried in a national cemetery under control of the national cemetery administration that the v.a. will provide an outer burial receptacle known as a grave liner or provide reimbursement for the family for purchase. however, current law excludes national cemeteries that are not in control of the national park service. andersonville national cemetery located in my district are one of two national cemeteries controlled by the park service. today, we are taking steps for congress to correct this oversight and to ensure veterans buried in cemeteries controlled by the national park service and their families are provided all of the benefits to which they are entitled. not only for my district but for all of our veterans and their families who h

and when we asked them if they thought that extending national parks would bea that extending nationale were such a special part of england's countryside. very valuable. and to maintain them as well, because they're not as widely used as you would hope they would be. there's not as many people as you see, you don't see that many people around. but there should be much better use and certainly should be well kept.|j think it's really important that you got space like this with good footpaths, good access that people can on days like this, and go for walks and go cycling. it would be really good idea to increase the amount of national parks for people to access. construction is the sense of claustrophobia and you feel much more restricted so it's important you get out and actually get into the countryside and away from those things which make you feel pressured. somewhere for people to go, like some are different because obviously i'm from huddersfield area and we've only been here a couple of times but we enjoy it. we come on a regular basis now. but by protecting outdoor spaces, katie,

ranges of the bahai national park and take in a group of scientists from germany on safari. it's a huge grassland park with wetland areas that are paradise. stretching seven thousand square kilometers the park is a home for countless pelicans. for which the park is best known as the ostrich they're the only ostrich is in mozambique. the group has found something else of interest is not because. this is an elephant corridor. but when the elephants pass through the area they leave their dung behind. these days the park has no large animals of its own lions buffaloes and rhinos were driven away first by the civil war then by poachers or going or for me it's not that poachers need food that's not a problem right now people have enough to eat. they set these traps because they want to make money. so the park has been a protected area for more than forty years there are stiff penalties for coaches but illegal killing of animals remains a problem it disrupts the ecosystem in the reserve ranges document their findings and remove the carcasses. while driving to some of the villages si

is trading up is really good pr, this will be a green brexit we are told that he is extending national parksnerally making sure we are safeguarding the green spaces. they are particularly calling for chilterns in south devon areas, outstanding national beauty, tojoin the list areas, outstanding national beauty, to join the list of ten national parks because then they get special protected status and they are talking about the chilton is being threatened by development on all sides so this would then sort it all out. that is the tension though, isn't it? at a time we are all told we have to build hundreds of thousands more houses, if you then protect certain parts of the countryside from development, it creates an even bigger problem. but then we have to look at how we build houses and where we build them. and whether we do a bit more with brownfield sites first. the race so much land being locked up that nobody is prepared, inland banks as well. yes, they are sitting, some people are sitting on, waiting for their prices to go up. again, even further. what happened in the arch is. everything

the attack yesterday happened north of goma, inside the national park which is a world heritage site mountain gorillas, but also as an area where there are armed groups operating around the park and there have been kidnappings there before. human rights groups have been saying that about 50% of the kidnappings are for ransom in that area of the country. and this specific area where the attack happened is what we call a military area, means that the national army is present in the area, fighting against these armed groups, and are most likely responding as we speak to this situation. real wages, which take into account increases in the cost of living, are still below where they were before the financial crisis, according to a new report. the trades union congress has found that workers in britain are experiencing the longest squeeze in real incomes in modern history. our business correspondent, joe lynam has more. more of us are at work than ever before and real wages are finally rising again. that means our spending power in the shops is going up but, according to the trades union co

americans should be able to enjoy and have the opportunity to enjoy our national parks. we need to invest in the infrastructure, to go along with the record-setting number of visitors, the park experience will no longer be in existence. the public land infrastructures hired 150 bureau schools. the school maintenance backlog is i believe, $634 million. interior has a responsibility to honor education by 40,000 american indians students. to provide a quality education in a safe environment. the schools are underfunded. american indian kids deserve middle-class education. our budget also prevents the opportunity to reorganize our department. the budgets includes about $18 million for shifting resources. i have been on the frontline a lot. the frontline is under manage. from a navy, former navy perspective, the frontline is healthy, so it is then the force. in planning this re- organization, we have to take in the account feedback from congress, governors, conservation groups, and all stakeholders. we will walk through each and every group. last week we held an employee liste

and are more national parks the answer to protecting england's countryside?

the national parks service construction account received $150 million increase. this is the largest annual percentage increase ever for this appropriation. and funds were provided to other land management agencies as well. the bia was provided 162 million including 105 million for education construction, 24 million to restart the facilities replacement and construction program to improve public safety in the indian country. and 31 million to replace badly outdated dams and irrigation system. i know the omnibus was passed over a month ago and the department is still working on extending plans for the individual bureaus to submit to the committee but we do hope to get those details soon. we recognize that the fiscal year is passing quickly and it's important to get those resources out on the ground. with a budget agreement in place from the outset of the appropriations process i'm optimistic that we can move bills quickly and in regular order and i thank the chairman of the full appropriations committee. and doing so quickly and in an appropriate manner. we've pled

recreation trends are up and americans should have the opportunity to enjoy our national parks and our public lands. but we need to invest in our infrastructure to go with the record-setting number of visitors otherwise, quite frankly, the park experience we will have grown to love, will no longer be in existence. the public lands infrastructure fund will also fund 150 bureau of indian education schools in 23 states primarily in the west where the school maintenance backlog is at least $634 million. interior has a responsibility in the honor of educating about 48,000 american indian students and their families rely on interior to deliver quality education in a safe environment but our schools are notoriously in poor condition and under funded. i think american indian kids deserve a world-class education too. the budget also prevents the opportunity to reorganize the department for the next hundred years which i look forward to talking to you in as much detail as we have about the reorganization. the budget includes about $18 million to begin shifting resources to the front line. i've b

sign a partnership with the national park. will explain why sharks in both need better protection to survive. and we find out how one man in cameroon is making money. while at the same time helping. the african wild dog is viewed as one of the most endangered species in africa once covering almost the end continent in numbers half a million strong they are now in only a few pockets of them left in eastern and southern africa but the economy performs an essential role in maintaining biodiversity on the continent they are in to go to the regulation. of trace machines and the contribute to hell the ecosystem as the largest is now come painting for the wild dog survival in south africa's kruger national park. it's not the baboons that until one marco has come to see all the larger animals that are always the big draw for the tourists there's a lot is this fighting for the survival of the african wild dog he sets of early in the morning in south africa's kruger national park the dogs are hard to find even for marco originally from

americans should be able to enjoy and have the opportunity to enjoy our national parks. we need to invest in the infrastructure, to go along with the record-setting number of visitors, the park experience will no longer be in existence. the public land infrastructures hired 150 bureau schools. the school maintenance backlog is i believe, $634 million. interior has a responsibility to honor education by 40,000 american indians students. to provide a quality education in a safe environment. the schools are underfunded. american indian kids deserve middle-class education. our budget also prevents the opportunity to reorganize our department. the budgets includes about $18 million for shifting resources. i have been on the frontline a lot. the frontline is under manage. from a navy, former navy perspective, the frontline is healthy, so it is then the force. in planning this re- organization, we have to take in the account feedback from congress, governors, conservation groups, and all stakeholders. we will walk through each and every group. last week we held an employee liste

michael gove planning a new wave of national parks in england.ng with the story that leading tory women are revolting against theresa may. this is all about the irish abortion vote and it sparked some demand for reform. looking at the sunday mirror, this extraordinary story we have been reporting over the past week. a picture of the two of them midway through that parachute dive. and overrun the sunday express, the commander of the household division is responsible for ensuring hundreds of personnel. very involved with the wedding last weekend and said it was incredibly difficult to keep to the precise and challenging timetable. incredibly difficult to keep to the precise and challenging timetablelj think precise and challenging timetable.” think they are allowed a bit of proud. at the shindig last weekend, not the technical term. a petting zoo not the technical term. a petting zoo opening an abattoir attraction sounds quite ghoulish. this is all about the food cycle. at a petting zoo, you take your two—year—old along to see the rabbits, guinea p

stakeholders but i'm also concerned about resource protection in the basement around carlsbad cavern national park as well i have heard that some of the potential parcels could impact the cavern systems that are located in other environmentally sensitive areas and i also understand the park service has shared his concerns with blm about the impacts to this cave in the ecosystem from gas drilling are you aware of these objections and will use id. until a full assessment can be done as we have done to ensure the development will not jeopardize the national and natural treasure of carlsbad. >> i do agree to are some places oil and gas production is fine and other places that are too sensitive and the reason why we delayed because there is a legitimate reason based on science either cultural or scientific or with an impact then we with draw we are looking at it closely. sometimes the park superintendent will relay a concern. we ask that is based on science and studies if it is gut feeling then say that and we will investigate it or look at it. but a person that is out in the field day today has a bett

yosemite national park. we will talk about the hiker who died in what investigators are saying about it. >> thank you for joining us here on "mornings on 2". it is wednesday, may 23, 2018. i am pam cook. >> i am dave clark. steve paulson is here. we are talking about drizzle. >> when the roadways are wet -- >> they were wet. i know you said they were going to be, but it was still a surprise. >> there is plenty there. if you're listening but not watching, if you want to see an all-star fog bank, here it is right there. that is sold out as sal would say. this is the thunderstorm activity in northern sacramento, mendocino county and in the sierra. it has been one day after another. it will calm down a bit today. another low is approaching. that is ramping up the fog bank and keeping our temperatures unseasonably cold. we are seeing areas that cannot get above 70 degrees. we have a due west wind gusting at 30 in travis. sacramento is cooler, 50 on the temps. every reporting station says cloudy. we are stuck, occ

british tourists are among three people kidnapped at gunpoint in a democratic republic of congo national parkmps and campaigners criticise a "lack of progress" on mobile connectivity in rural areas. also in the next hour, we'll hear about a novel plan to regenerate the high street in dumfries. a community group is leading the fight against decline in the town's centre, with hopes of drawing the crowds back to the shops. and at a30, dateline looks at the implications of president trump's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal, and what next month's summit with north korea could bring. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. british workers have experienced the longest squeeze on real wages in 200 years, according to the tuc. it's staged a march through central london, calling for a higher minimum wage, a ban on zero—hours contracts, and more funding for public services. the government says inflation is falling and unemployment is at a ao—year low. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. they have come in their thousands — nurses, teachers, welders and firefighters, all calling for a new d

johnson, good to speak to you again, thank you. thank you. in a national park.te. crisis in 200 years. here's mike bushell. even though his brilliant run is over. denis shapovalov, despite saving a match point in the second set. in madrid and so will break into the world's top 20 next week. in the first semifinal, in the championship play offs. thanks to cameron jerome's first half header. the second leg is at craven cottage on monday. the second championship semi final. in florida — the tournament dubbed the fifth major. it. leader, webb simpson, is 16 shots ahead of him. under par for the tournament. comeback to win a thrilling challenge cup final in bilbao. victory for the blues at the san mames stadium. extending their winning run to ten matches. leeds and huddersfield are also through to the quarter finals. on tranmere rovers in the national league play—off final. will be promoted to the football league. chris slegg reports. they've done it. boreham wood are going to wembley. going to wembley. latest to their hertfordshire town for the very first time. for

a car was attacked by a group of unknown gunman in virunga national park in eastern congo.nal park with is a world heritage site known for its mattan gorillas. there are armed groups operating in and around the park and there have been kidnappings there before. the park spokesman told us, confirmed that two dished national had been kidnapped and that a female ranger was killed in the attack. the foreign office has not given us any further information on those british national ‘s for security reasons of course, but the foreign office does advise all but essential travel to the area. conflict and strife in the country and in the region in particular, experts say there are around 70 armed groups operating in eastern congo alone which has caused about1.5 eastern congo alone which has caused about 1.5 million congolese to flee. a loyalist supergrass has been released from prison and put into a witness protection programme at a secret location outside northern ireland. gary haggerty, a former uvf leader, was sentenced to 6.5 years in january after admitting more than 500 offences

national parks without animals is just scenery. mr. speaker, it is important that people focus on why this is such an outrageous policy. these are low density animals with low reproduction rates. and in alaska there is no conflict with livestock, very little interaction with people other than the people who want to see them. mr. speaker, it is wrong on three fundamental levels. first of all, it is just wrong. all animals suffer. and hunting them down with these extreme methods is cruel repugnant to virtually all americans. it is wrong ecologically. for millions of years we have seen these animals coexist, and the national parks like yosemite or what's happening in alaska are some of the few repu places where that ecological billion continues to work. improve beings cannot upon it. they can only damage that delicate balance. it is also wrong economically. the economic impact for gateway communities for these 300 million tourists is profound. and if we're going to turn these national treasures simply into game parks, hunting preserves, t

it did some legs park is one of the oldest national parks in southeast europe it served as a location for popular german westerns each a young rich lives in the area and comes here often he loves the countryside and the waterfalls. or not every the mere thought of this is one of the most beautiful spots on this planet or the natural wonder protected by unesco to be about what you know would be where they are right if you will until recently the water here was among the cleanest in the world right now the illegal building has caused so much pollution that you can't drink it or even swim in it anymore. the lakes are critically endangered as a consequence of the nearly two million annual tourists unesco is threatening to revoke the park's world cultural heritage status because host crowns like this and keep its pristine quality. there's no sewerage system for example if the chair reveals where the sewage ends up in one of the many holes in the forest some call them tongue in cheek the seventeenth like the stench is unbearable. the trees all around are dying now before the tourist season

lakes national park is a coveted location for european movie makers but since the government made the decision to relax the park's construction code while once pristine lakes have become literal cesspools as new buildings were put up with no plans for waste treatment or you know ask a world heritage site and a setting dear to many a film lovers heart is now under threat. think it's a legs park is one of the oldest national parks in southeast europe it so does a location for popular german westerns each a young rich lives in the area and comes here often he loves the countryside and the waterfalls. or not every the mere thought of this is one of the most beautiful spots on this planet the natural wonder protected by unesco abroad what you know would be where the niger if you will until recently the water here was among the cleanest in the world but now the illegal building has caused so much pollution that you can't drink it or even swim in it anymore. the mikes are critically endangered as a consequence of the nearly two million annual tourists unesco is threatening to revoke the park

and yet construction is still going on inside the national park new buildings are going up all around this homeowner claims he did everything by the book which appears to be doubtful. the state seems to be turning a blind eye while corruption among local officials is rampant says a pizza and his comrades old war veterans they are spearheading the opposition to the illegal construction. the building permits the liberty is rather dubious they say. all that was allowed here was the renovation of existing buildings and i'm certain that nothing more than a little house was standing here or there to a billion and. now there are eight buildings that can accommodate up to two hundred seventy tourists is that edge and if you're there you can either break that they might just there's a pleasure. that the owner disagrees. he maintains that a whole village was here we've been working here for five years our quality is acknowledged we're the only ones with two five star lodgings. it's a luxury resort in the middle of a national park and with no connection to the water mains but the construction wa

so how can the national park foster better relations with local residents that's the question that interests the great from germany together with the ranges they want to convey the message that the park is keen to support local residents one man's lights the example of another park nearby one shekel feat one at the end of each year the park gives twenty percent of its income to the local community they can then use the money to buy something for the benefit of the entire village. that would be a good model here too and help local people to see tourism as an opportunity to earn money visitors from abroad would also get a taste of the traditional lifestyle of people living in the park. this family profited from the german group and enjoyed the encounter to ok nothing out of place a living out of it ok. but it's all early days yet. it's a drop in the ocean obviously we're not yet teaching people how to preserve their environment i. volunteer as a committed to a long term partnership with the national park and the local community they want to know what other activities could interest visitors li

but hit a national park for example the country sells its own to extensive wetlands and populations of animal life the delegation of german scientists is now working with local partners to breathe new life into that park and make it more attractive for international tourists. ranges of the body national hog taking a group of scientists from germany on safari. it's a huge grassland park with wetland areas that are paradise. stretching seven thousand square kilometers the park is the home for countless pelicans on the for which the park is best known the ostrich there the only ostrich is in mozambique. the group has found something else of interest is not big do this is an elephant corridor. when the elephants pass through the area they leave their dung behind. these days the park has no large animals of its own lions buffaloes and rhinos were driven away first by the civil war then by poachers or by going or form it's not that poachers need food that's not a problem right now people have enough to eat. they set these traps because they want to make money. so the park has been a prote

the reason he is honoring his father's memory by visiting every national park. >>> that and more coming up after the break. stay with us, we'll be right back after this short break. >>> welcome back. a news conference later today by police about an officer involved shooting yesterday in downtown san jose. it happened at about 7 am near east william and south ninth street. that is not far from san jose state university. the officers fired shots at an armed home invasion suspect and then arrested him. he was not hit by the gunfire. no officers were hurt during the confrontation. the officer involved shooting followed two other shootings in san jose. the first was in a parking lot shortly after midnight. police say they found a man lying under a car. he had been shot at least once. he was pronounced dead at the scene. a few hours later there was a second shooting at loves in jackson avenue is not far from the first shooting. police detained several people. they recovered a gun as well. the victim in that shooting is in stable condition. it is still not clear if the shootings are related. >