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Havens for Wildlife
The goal
to establish a network of areas across Avon which provide wildlife with the space and conditions to thrive and spread
How?
Rebuild biodiversity
Over the last 25 years the Trust has built up a portfolio
of nature reserves, protecting some of Avon’s most important wildlife
sites, habitats and species. These reserves are a vital safeguard, yet
wildlife can do so much better in larger, more expansive areas.
By joining up habitats and landscapes, wildlife can return to former haunts
and reverse decades of decline. It will also be able to adapt naturally
to the inevitable changes now occurring due to climate change and development
pressure.
To create this more extensive wildlife network, the Trust will develop
broad partnerships, promoting ‘rebuilding biodiversity’ to
individuals, authorities and organisations that own or manage land.
Landscape-scale restoration will be encouraged across a series of sites
under different ownership
or management, becoming ‘joined up’ to form cohesive networks
for wildlife.
To achieve this we advise landowners on management which can benefit wildlife and promote access to the natural environment in both urban and rural areas. We also involve people in surveys, monitor local planning issues, provide information on wildlife, and carry out work focusing on specific areas, habitats and species.
