批评者表示，在经济增长放缓、公共服务紧张之际，”令人震惊的是，大臣们竟然在操心乡村的’白人化’问题”
作者：埃弗拉特·拉赫特（Efrat Lachter）
福克斯新闻（Fox News）
发布时间：2026年2月3日 美国东部时间上午11:28
负责监管英国一些最著名乡村景观的当局正在启动针对性推广项目，以吸引少数族裔社区参与，此前一份政府委托开展的审查警告称，农村地区被广泛视为一个”白人”且不友好的空间。
报告指出：”乡村被黑种人、亚洲人和少数族裔群体以及白人都视为非常’白人’的环境。我们都通过税收为国家景观买单，但有时在游览时感觉国家公园就像一个排外的、主要是白人、主要是中产阶级的俱乐部，其规则只有会员才懂，而鼓励首次游客参与的举措实在太少。”
2013年10月7日，英格兰南部安伯利附近的南丘陵国家公园，秋叶薄雾笼罩村庄和乡村。（Luke MacGregor/路透社）
批评者认为这一举措反映了政府优先级的错位。亨利·杰克逊协会（Henry Jackson Society）研究主任迈克尔·麦克马纳斯（Michael McManus）告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”在经济增长低迷、税收高企、公共服务捉襟见肘的时期，大臣们竟然花时间和金钱操心乡村的’白人化’问题，这令人震惊。政府的职责是发展经济、解决实际问题，而不是沉迷于文化战争的干扰，这些对劳动人民毫无益处。”
这些举措源于2019年由环境、食品与农村事务部（DEFRA）委托开展的”景观审查”，由作家朱利安·格洛弗（Julian Glover）领导。审查结论是，英格兰的受保护景观往往与大部分民众脱节。
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2010年7月3日，英格兰北部小阿斯比荒原，羊群从参加湖区年度石墙大赛的参赛者旁经过。（Suzanne Plunkett/路透社）
审查还批评了受保护景观的领导层，认为管理机构没有反映其服务的国家情况。报告称：”如今国家公园和杰出自然风景区（AONB）董事会近1000名成员中，绝大多数是男性……少数族裔（黑种人、亚洲人）的比例极小。”这种失衡”对那些由国家资助、旨在服务所有人的组织来说是不合适的。”
审查之后，代表国家景观（前身为杰出自然风景区）的组织发布了更新的管理计划，概述了吸引更多样化游客的措施。根据2024年至2025年间发布的个人计划（英国媒体如LBC和GB新闻报道），这些措施适用于科茨沃尔德、奇尔特恩斯、马尔文山等景观区域。
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英国坎布里亚郡湖区国家公园，游客在Easedale Tarn湖的自然步道上。（Tim Graham/盖蒂图片社）
根据这些计划，奇尔特恩斯国家景观将在卢顿和海威科姆（穆斯林人口众多的地区）开展针对性推广项目。后续研究中提到的一个障碍是部分游客对农村地区未拴绳的狗感到担忧。
科茨沃尔德国家景观直接引用了环境、食品与农村事务部的调查结果，称其正寻求扩大吸引力，以覆盖”最广泛的人口群体”。
马尔文山国家景观在其自身管理战略中表示，许多少数族裔社区缺乏与乡村的代际联系，因为他们的父母和祖父母”并不总是觉得自己在乡村受到欢迎”。该计划补充说，虽然许多白人英国游客重视独处，但少数族裔游客可能更倾向于群体或家庭活动。
2010年1月6日，英格兰西部伯福德的科茨沃尔德野生动物公园，一只小熊猫在雪枝上行走。周三，暴风雪席卷英格兰中部和南部，造成道路和铁路交通混乱，迫使航空公司停飞航班，数百所学校关闭。（Eddie Keogh/路透社）
其他景观也提出了类似担忧。北约克郡的尼代尔代尔国家景观警告称，少数族裔游客可能会担心在陌生的农村环境中受到怎样的对待。德德姆谷、萨里丘陵以及萨福克和埃塞克斯海岸荒原表示，它们旨在识别和解决限制代表性不足群体（包括英语不是母语的人）进入的障碍。
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这些计划共同标志着英国公共资金支持的乡村管理方式的重大转变，因为景观管理机构面临着越来越大的压力，需要展示出对不断变化的社会的文化相关性。尽管批评者警告说，这种关注点可能会偏离经济优先事项和传统保护目标。
福克斯新闻数字版已联系英国环境、食品与农村事务部请求置评，但在发稿前未收到回应。
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UK govt-backed review says Britain’s national parks feel ‘white’ and unwelcoming
Critic says, as growth slows and public services are stretched, ‘it’s astonishing ministers are worrying about the ‘whiteness’ of the countryside’
By Efrat Lachter
Fox News
Published February 3, 2026 11:28am EST
Authorities overseeing some of Britain’s most famous countryside landscapes are launching targeted outreach programs aimed at ethnic minority communities, after a government-commissioned review warned rural areas are widely perceived as a ‘white’ and unwelcoming space.
“The countryside is seen by both black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and white people as very much a ‘white’ environment,” the report stated, “We are all paying for national landscapes through our taxes, and yet sometimes on our visits it has felt as if National Parks are an exclusive, mainly white, mainly middle‑class club, with rules only members understand and much too little done to encourage first time visitors.”
Autumn mists hang over villages and the countryside in the South Downs National Park near Amberley in Southern England Oct. 7, 2013.(Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
Critics say the initiative reflects misplaced government priorities. Michael McManus, director of research at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital: “At a time of low growth, high taxes and stretched public services, it’s astonishing that ministers are spending time and money worrying about the ‘whiteness’ of the countryside. Government exists to grow the economy and fix real problems, not to indulge in culture war distractions that deliver nothing for working people.”
The initiatives stem from the 2019 Landscapes Review, commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and led by author Julian Glover. The review concluded that England’s protected landscapes often feel disconnected from large parts of the population.
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Sheep pass by entrants in the annual Friends of the Lake District Dry Stone Walling Competition, who were working on their section of wall, in Little Asby Common, northern England, July 3, 2010.(Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)
The review also criticized the leadership of protected landscapes, arguing that governance bodies do not reflect the country they serve. “Of the almost 1,000 people on National Park and AONB boards today, the great majority are male… and a tiny fraction are of black, Asian or minority ethnicities,” the report said, calling that imbalance “wrong for organizations which are funded by the nation to serve everyone.”
Following the review, organizations representing National Landscapes, formerly known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, have published updated management plans outlining steps to attract more diverse visitors. According to individual plans published between 2024 and 2025, and as reported by U.K. outlets including LBC and GB News, the measures apply to landscapes including the Cotswolds, the Chilterns, the Malvern Hills and others.
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Tourist on a nature trail in lakeland countryside at Easedale Tarn lake in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK(Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Under those plans, the Chilterns National Landscape will launch targeted outreach programs in Luton and High Wycombe, areas with large Muslim populations. One barrier cited in follow-up research was concern among some visitors about unleashed dogs in rural areas.
The Cotswolds National Landscape referenced the DEFRA findings directly, saying it is seeking to broaden its appeal to reach “the widest demographic.”
In its own management strategy, the Malvern Hills National Landscape said many minority communities lack a generational connection to the countryside because parents and grandparents “did not always feel welcome in it.” The plan added that while many white English visitors value solitude, ethnic minority visitors may be more inclined toward group or family-based activities.
A red panda walks on a snowy branch at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford, western England Jan. 6, 2010. Blizzards swept across central and southern England on Wednesday, bringing more road and rail chaos, forcing airlines to suspend flights and hundreds of schools to close.(Eddie Keogh/Reuters)
Other landscapes raised similar concerns. Nidderdale National Landscape in North Yorkshire warned that ethnic minority visitors may worry about how they will be received in unfamiliar rural settings. Dedham Vale, Surrey Hills, and Suffolk and Essex Coast Heaths said they aim to identify and address barriers limiting access for under-represented groups, including people without English as a first language.
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Together, the plans signal a broader shift in how Britain’s publicly funded countryside is managed, as landscape authorities face growing pressure to demonstrate cultural relevance to a changing society, even as critics warn the focus risks sidelining economic priorities and traditional conservation goals.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs in England for comment but did not receive a response before publication.
Efrat Lachter is a world reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.