Pretty much our entire country is an industrial wasteland of one sort or another. It’s not a natural landscape and it’s certainly not wilderness.
Not worth worrying about and certainly not worth ‘protecting’.
Disagree with this. Ancient woodland and unimproved grassland are certainly worth protecting IMO, especially as there is now so little left after decades of abuse and neglect. The government seem to agree with you though e.g. plans for the route of HS2.
IMO alot of the problems with habitats being trashed are caused by people not knowing how to behave at best or just being plain ignorant at worst. E.g. chucking down litter when out in the countryside, carving new trails through rare plant colonies in an SSCI, letting their dogs run wild in a nature reserve with ground nesting birds etc.
Also the ever increasing population is putting more pressure on the remaining undeveloped areas and wildlife finds it increasingly difficult to avoid disturbance.
I would have thought there are activities having much bigger impacts than outdoor pursuits to attack though.