Catalogue description Ministry of Land and Natural Resources and predecessor: Natural Resources Planning Unit and predecessor: Registered Files (KG Series)

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Reference: JH 5
Title: Ministry of Land and Natural Resources and predecessor: Natural Resources Planning Unit and predecessor: Registered Files (KG Series)
Description:

The records concern natural resources planning, the representation of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources on regional economic planning boards and the Natural Resources Advisory Committee, and natural resources research.

Files from the KL series (JH 4) were re-registered after 1967 to the KG series.

Date: 1961-1966
Separated material:

Some files re-registered to the KW series: JH 7

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: KG file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Smallholdings Division, 1962-1966

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use Division, 1955-1962

Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Planning Unit, 1965-1967

Physical description: 38 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

Prior to the creation of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources in 1964 responsibility for natural resources planning rested with the Land Use Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. This work was then transferred to the Natural Resources Planning Unit of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources on its creation in 1965. The Natural Resources Planning Unit had responsibility for natural resources planning, representation of the Ministry on regional economic planning boards and the Natural Resources Advisory Committee and natural resources research. The Unit also dealt with the Ministry's responsibilities for water resources and the Water Resources Board.

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