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Bigger
Work at
a landscape
scale beyond National
Landscape boundaries to increase
the size of ‘Core Nature Areas’ and create nature-rich buffers around them.
Better
Ensure Core Nature Areas are in optimum condition by allowing natural processes to recover and restore functioning ecosystems.
More joined up
Improve connections between habitats and ecosystems through new or enhanced wildlife corridors and ‘stepping stones’ and encourage more farms to adopt ‘high nature value’ or regenerative farming techniques.
Nature recovery isn’t about turning back the clock 80 years or more, to a time when the landscape was richer in nature, it’s about managing our dynamic landscapes in a way that supports a sustainable rural economy that is thriving, and restoring, creating and improving the landscape for nature and for people. It’s about working together to find the best solution for nature on any given area of land.
Building on
what we already
have in Bowland
The Forest of Bowland National Landscape covers 803 km2 – around 4% of all land designated as a National Landscape in England. It’s rich in peatland, heather moorland, meadows, Atlantic oak woodlands and rare birds.
Over one third of the National Landscape is designated as being important for nature conservation. These ‘Core Nature Areas’ account for 277km2 or 34.4% of the Forest of Bowland.
This plan will be delivered by creating nature recovery networks incorporating a mosaic of habitats and ecosystems. These networks will radiate out from the area’s Core Nature Areas to form stronger corridors and links between rivers, woodlands, trees, hedges, walls and grasslands.
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