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DPA (band)
DPA may refer to: Organizations * Dartmoor Preservation Association, a group which monitors development on Dartmoor in South West England * Dental Professionals Association, a trade union supporting and representing primary dental care in the UK * Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German News Agency), a news agency founded in 1949 in Germany * Digital Pathology Association, a medical society for advancing the field of digital pathology * DPA Microphones, a Danish manufacturer * Drug Policy Alliance, an American anti-Drug-War advocacy group * Dubai Ports Authority, merged with Dubai Ports International in 2005 to form DP World Government and politics * California Department of Personnel Administration * Defence Procurement Agency, an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence * Defense Production Administration, a former independent agency of the United States government * Definers Public Affairs, an American commercial research and PR firm * Democratic Party of Albanians, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmoor Preservation Association
Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA) is one of the oldest environmental or amenity bodies in the UK. It was founded in 1883.Kelly, M. ''"Quartz and Feldspar. Dartmoor: A British Landscape in Modern Times"'', Jonathan Cape, London, 2015, It concerns itself with Dartmoor, a National Park in Devon, south-west England. It began with two main areas of concern. Firstly, commoners' rights were being eroded through army use, including the firing of live artillery shells, and piecemeal enclosure of land around the margins.Moore, Stuart A. ''A short history of the rights of common upon the Forest of Dartmoor and the commons of Devon''. Dartmoor Preservation Association, Plymouth, 1890. . Secondly, there was increasing public interest in Dartmoor's scenery, archaeology, history and wildlifeSomers Cocks, J. ''A Dartmoor Century 1883-1983: One hundred years of the Dartmoor Preservation Association''. Dartmoor Preservation Association. Yelverton, Devon, 1983. . The DPA has opposed what i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
