EAI publications

South DownsEAI has an ongoing publishing programme.  From this page you can download our popular introduction to the protected landscapes of the UK and Ireland, A Clear View, as well as a report from our Coastal and Marine Working Group looking at integrating protected area management and the sea, Making the Connections.  Keep checking this page in the future - we will be publishing a series of best practice guides and other key resources for protected area managers.



  • Our response to the Department for Communities and Local Government proposed planning policy on  Development and Coastal Change, September 2009

Download or open the pdf here.

  • Our response to Natural England's consultation draft of their Protected Landscapes policy, September 2009

Download or open the pdf here.

  • A Clear View

Download the pdf file here.

  • Making the Connections
Download the pdf file here (English), or in Welsh.

  • Strategy and Action Plan 2008 to 2012

Download the pdf here.
Latest News & Events
Duncan Mills Scholarship Awards The Duncan Mills Scholarship Awards are now open to applications! If you are thinking of traveling elsewhere in the world in order to learn more about protected areas and their management but need some help with costs, the Awards might just be for you. PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE: 31st January 2010. Download the information here.
EAI Sustainable Tourism Network Meeting The next meeting of the EAI Sustainable Tourism Network will be hosted by Clwydian Range AONB on the 17th November 09. We'll be discussing all things related to protected landscapes and sustainable tourism, especially the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas.
Full details of our next seminar, 3-4 November 2009 Our next seminar will be in Edinburgh, and is entitled 'Managing landscapes: more outcomes, less outputs'. The 3rd will be spent with colleagues at Pentland Hills Regional Park, and on the 4th we have speakers from Norway, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland, as well as from the Scottish Executive, Cairngorms NPA and Lomond Hills RP. The full programme and booking form can be downloaded here, including in Welsh..
Latest news from our working groups Find out more about what the Coastal and Marine Working Group, and the Sustainable Tourism Charter Network, have been up to recently.
Latest seminar reports The reports from our last three seminars, held in Belfast (sustainable tourism), London (European Landscape Convention and urban fringe) and Wallingford (health partnerships) are all now available for download.