A general view of the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, northeast England. (AFP pic)LONDON: A leading UK conservation charity announced Friday it had raised some £30 million (US$40 million) via crowdfunding to buy a huge swathe of rolling moorlands and forests to transform into a sanctuary for biodiversity.
After an intense two-year campaign, the Wildlife Trusts has purchased the whole 3,800-hectares of the Rothbury Estate in northern Northumberland, England's largest land acquisition in three decades.
The purchase of the sprawling site, as large as central London, will be the opportunity "to create something very special for generations to come", said renowned environmentalist David Attenborough, who backed the campaign.
