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MR. HERBERT MORRISON announced in the House of Commons on February 11 that arrangements have been completed for forming a Nature Conservancy, and that a separate committee will supervise activities in Scotland. Membership of the Conservancy will be as follows : Prof. A. G. Tansley (chairman) ; Mr. A. Anderson, M.P. ; Mr. C. Elton ; Dr. E. B. Ford ; Dr. H. Godwin ; Mr. E. H. Keeling, M.P.; Mr. N. B. Kinnear ; Prof. R. C. McLean ; Prof. J. R. Matthews ; Mr. E. M. Nicholson ; Prof. W. H. Pearsall ; Mr. M. Phillips Price, M.P. ; Mr. J. A. Steers ; Mr. W. L. Taylor ; and Dr. A. E. Trueman. The Conservancy—Mr. Morrison referred to the term as a more convenient title than conservation board— will be responsible for the whole of Great Britain ; but as a result of the recommendations of the Scottish Wild Life Conservation Committee, and of consultations with the Secretary of State, activities in Scotland will be supervised by a Scottish committee with the following composition : Prof. J. R. Matthews (chairman) ; Mr. A. Anderson, M.P. ; Mr. H. C. Beresford-Peirse ; Dr. F. Fraser Darling ; Mr. A. B. Duncan ; Dr. D. N. McArthur ; Sir Basil H. H. Neven-Spence, M.P. ; Prof. A. D. Peacock ; Prof. J. Bitclita1 ; Prof. J. Walton ; Lord Wemyss and March ; and frof. C. M. Yonge.
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Nature Conservancy in Britain. Nature 163, 277 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163277b0
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