Bonnie Prince Charlie calls vague language on ‘unhelpful’ environmental issues and urges the agricultural industry to ‘do things differently’
- The Prince of Wales, 72, has called for ‘a willingness to do things differently’ as the agricultural industry faces major change in an article for Farmers Weekly
- Heir says vague language on environmental issues is ‘unhelpful’
- Arrives as Charles prepares to accept a lifetime achievement award from the publication of the farming industry
Prince Charles has said that using vague language about environmental issues is ‘unhelpful’ and risks being alien to those who need to hear it.
The Prince of Wales, 72, called for a ‘willingness to do things differently’ as the agricultural industry faces major change, in an article he wrote for the forthcoming Farmers Weekly magazine.
‘In this new world, the relationship between farmers and carbon, water and biodiversity will be paramount, with greater challenges and new opportunities,’ wrote the heir to the throne.
The Prince of Wales, 72, called for a ‘willingness to do things differently’ as the agricultural industry faces major change, in an article he wrote for the forthcoming Farmers Weekly magazine.
‘So it is often unhelpful, perhaps, that much of the language used to describe the situation and the treatments that can be so vague, sometimes appear as that he would be chosen to give the real hidden and alien message to those most in need of hearing. , ‘he said.
He went on to say that common environmental terms such as biodiversity and agroforestry, often used by scientists and NGOs, do not convey practical messages.
He becomes the future king, expected to be currently based at his country house, Highgrove House in Gloucestershire with his wife Camilla, 73, preparing to accept a lifetime achievement award from the publication of the farming industry.
The prince has a longstanding interest in the natural world and will receive the award from Farmers Weekly for his contribution to British farming.
He becomes the future king, expected to be currently based at his country house, Highgrove House in Gloucestershire with his wife Camilla, 73, preparing to accept a lifetime achievement award from the publication of the farming industry
Earlier this month Charles said it was ‘absolutely insane’ to continue on the path of destroying the planet.
At a significant event hosted by the Royal Society, he warned that people had already arrived where there was not enough nature to meet our demands – and although nature could recover if the opportunity, the window for doing so ‘closes quickly’.
‘We all have a duty of trust to live on Earth, because we trust this planet, with a duty of total care.
‘But we know that, day by day, we are going downhill, quickly destroying the clothes of the natural world for ourselves and our children and grandchildren, and experimenting with the precious planet this to destruction. ‘
A long-time environmental activist, the Duke of Cornwall was also the editor of preparation for Country Life where he urged the country to draw on its strength which has been seen fighting the coronavirus and ‘collecting our -efforts’ to address the other difficult problems facing our planet: global warming, climate change and massive loss of biodiversity. ‘
He said: ‘We have a very short window of opportunity, which does not need to be disciplined, to catch something good from this crisis and, as we rebuild, to Nature, our planet and our children and grandchildren who put first. ‘