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Letter: International park

Published 11 September 2013

From Sarah Bettany

Beth O’Leary discusses calls to create a national park to cover the Apollo landing sites on the moon (24 August, p 27). You can play with words, but a US national park is always going to be seen as just that – a park that belongs to the US, and most of the world will take issue with it. The area is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. These are British terms, but I’m sure similar, international terms could be thought of. Perhaps a UNESCO Out-of-this-World Heritage Site?
Penzance, Cornwall, UK

Issue no. 2934 published 14 September 2013

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