ABSTRACT
The United Kingdom is a relatively densely populated country, which puts pressure on the available land. National Government in the United Kingdom is based upon two 'Houses'. One, the House of Commons, consists of elected representatives from all over the United Kingdom. The other, the House of Lords, is a non-elected House with both hereditary and nominated peers, acting as a balance to the work of the House of Commons. Ecologically, the United Kingdom has two main biogeographical zones: 'Atlantic' and 'Continental'. There has long been heated discussion about the shape of local government in the United Kingdom. In 1969, a Royal Commission suggested that regionally elected local councils were the best option, but these never materialized. Non-governmental and charitable organizations are very active within the environment in the United Kingdom, and some of these organizations are very large both in terms of their financial resources and the land that they control.
