BEAUTIFUL photographs taken in North Yorkshire have featured in the Campaign for National Parks’ (CNP) Photography Competition 2021.

Following the release of CNP’s National Parks and the Climate Emergency report in June, this year’s competition focused on documenting climate change in National Parks.

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It attracted entries from National Parks across England and Wales, showing both the impact of climate change and the work underway to address this.

Deborah Clarke was highly commended as a runner up in the main category with her photo of a curlew in the foothills of Penhill, West Witton, in the Yorkshire Dales.

The curlew is an under-threat red-listed species now thriving thanks to sustainable farming in the area.

Cara Organ’s beautiful photo of unusually heavy snow at Carlton Bank in the Cleveland Hills in the North York Moors National Park came third in the Phone Photo category.

Her picture depicts a weather extreme that CNP says we’re likely to see more of due to climate change.

The overall winner was Exmoor-based photographer Shaun Davey with his stunning image of sunset on Porlock Marsh in Exmoor National Park.

CNP chief executive Rose O’Neill said: “National Parks are critical to tackling the climate emergency.

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"These photos illustrate what’s at stake if we don’t act, as well as giving hope in using nature as part of the solution.

"This is why Campaign for National Parks is calling on the Government to amend legislation to ensure National Parks have the powers and the resources to play this critical role.”

 

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