Marie Venner is Chair of the National Academies Transportation Research Board Environmental Maintenance & Decarbonization Subcommittee.
The Charter of the Forest inspires our future
Unlike the Magna Carta, pertaining to the rights of barons, the Charter of the Forest addressed the rights of common people; it restricted the amount of land that the king could claim for private use and restored common rights to common natural resources.
April 21, 2022