From peat bogs to sea caves and ancient oak woodlands to estuaries, Devon has an amazing diversity of landscapes and wildlife.
However, whilst our environment may look beautiful we are very much part of the global Ecological and Climate Emergencies. The loss and decline of Devon’s wildlife has accelerated rapidly over the last 50 years and many of our natural resources are damaged. We all need to take urgent action to restore and enhance the environment which underpins our lives.
Devon Local Nature Partnership (LNP) is a strategic collaboration of a huge range of organisations, groups and individuals committed to working together to tackle Devon’s Ecological Emergency.
Our three goals are to:
- Deliver a Nature Recovery Network – Protect and restore a network of wildlife rich habitats and natural systems across the county in towns, villages, rural areas and at sea.
- Respond to the Climate Emergency – Use natural solutions to capture carbon and increase our resilience to climate change and flooding.
- Connect people and nature – Support communities and businesses to value and enhance the natural environment which underpins our health, wellbeing and economy.
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Take Action
We all have a part to play in making Devon a wildlife rich county where people and nature can thrive.
We are in the early stages of developing these pages to help sign post to existing information – especially in a Devon context. Please do send us any links or let us know how these pages can be improved. Email:
Farmers Learn more about wildlife friendly farming practices
Developers and Planners How can we design places for people and nature?
Health and Wellbeing Providers See how nature is being incorporated into the Health and Wellbeing sectors
Education and Learning Providers Incorporate the environment into children and learners' education
Businesses See if your business can take more steps for nature
Fishing and Seafood sector Learn how to support a sustainable fishing industry in Devon
Communities Get your community or parish and town council involved in the Wild About Devon initiative
Wild About Devon
On the 28th June 2021 the Devon Local Nature Partnership launched a new initiative ‘Wild About Devon’.
This initiative recognises that there are loads of inspiring examples of communities taking action for wildlife across Devon (Teignbridge Wildlife Wardens, Wild Woodbury, Life on the Yealm and Moor Meadows to name a few) but no central place to connect them together to share learning, network and inspire others. Information and expertise currently sits within lots of different organisations, groups and initiatives (Woodland Trust, DWT, Plantlife, RSPB, LAs, Devon Living Churchyards, Devon Birds, Devon Bat Group etc) and it is often hard for communities to know where to start when looking for guidance and support.
The Wild About Devon initiative will act as a ‘one stop shop’ for all this information making it simpler for people to take action for nature in their local area.
This is a recording of the webinar for the launch of the Wild About Devon initiative and the speakers are listed in order below:
- Welcome - Professor Michael Winter, DLNP Chair & Professor of Land Economy and Society at Exeter University
- Launch of Wild About Devon - Harry Barton, DLNP Vice Chair & CEO of Devon Wildlife Trust
- Wildlife data - Jess Smallcombe, Devon Biodiversity Records Centre
- Verges - Tom Whitlock, Devon County Council
- Teignbridge Wildlife Wardens - Audrey Compton, Teign Valley Farmer
- Winkleigh Environmental Group - Kim Melhuish
- Dittisham Parish Council’s wildlife work – Councillor Sune Nightingale
- Launch of the Wild about Devon Community Awards - John Green, Life on the Yealm
- Questions and close
