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10 Years of North Devon's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

29/8/2013

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A series of community events and celebrations ahve been taking place in north Devon with more to come, that mark the 10 years of being an active World Biosphere Reserve.

10 Years of North Devon UNESCO World Biosphere Partnership organisations and community groups have been raising awareness of the designation and its work through events as diverse as fun-runs, beer brewing, local recipe revivals, street cultural events and a Bioblitz or 2. For more information go to the B10 website.

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Taking a TRIP in North Devon

13/5/2013

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North Devon's Biosphere Reserve has gained funding from the Englands Catchment Restoration Fund to  improve water quality and fish stocks in the Taw Catchment. The project was submitted by the North Devon Biosphere Partnership and is being led by Westcountry Rivers Trust. 


The project is called the Taw River Improvement Proejct (TRIP).  The £1.9M grant will be used to improve land management in the catchment through a wide partnership of land use advisers (North Devon Biosphere Service, West country Rivers Trust, FWAG, Devon Wildlife Trust,) and small capital grants over 3 years. This project is the perfect counterpart to the Nature Improvement Area on the Torridge Catchment. Phophates, riparian habitats and barriers to fish migration are the key failure reasons within the catchment. Interventions will include floodplain and buffer strip planting, farm waste water and nutrient management, removal of dams and weirs. 


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Biodiversity Offsetting in North Devon

13/5/2013

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In support of the governement's Natural Environment White Paper 2011 (England), North Devon's Biosphere Reserve has been chosen to be one of the small handfull of pilot areas in England to test approaches to Biodiversity Offsetting.

Offsetting is not a licence to trash. The partnership in the Biosphere Reserve regards the offsetting as thye last step in a design process that reduces as far as apossible any biodiversity loss arising from developments. Developers are asked to offset the residual loss of any development. The offsets are invested into creating or restoring habitats according to a spatial strategy that will ensure coherent ecolcogical networks for resilience. More information on the Defra website.

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North Devon's Biosphere Reserve Strategy is launched

17/7/2008

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North Devon's Biosphere Reserve has launched its strategy and action plan. Hot on the heels of this launch the area has just been awarded £3.8M for its Local Action for Rural Communites bid, which featured the biosphere reserves as a main driver.

North Devon's Biosphere Reserve has launched its strategy and action plan. Hot on the heels of this launch the area has just been awarded £3.8M for its Local Action for Rural Communites bid, which featured the biosphere reserves as a main driver.

http://www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk/

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