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Working Towards a Sustainable Future for our Nation’s Common Land: lessons learned from Our Upland Commons partnership programme


5th August, 12 to 1pm. Book Here: Working Towards a Sustainable Future for our Nation’s Common Land: lessons learned from Our Upland Commons partnership programme ‘Our Upland Commons’ was a 4.5-year, £3m, 25-partner project that helped to secure the future of upland commons in Dartmoor National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the Lake District National […]


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How can protected landscapes be a driver of OECMs?


Other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs) offer an exciting new tool for countries as they progress towards achieving their 30 by 30 target (having 30% of land and seas effectively protected or conserved by the year 2030). With consent at their core OECMs aim to more directly recognise the efforts of individuals, local communities or […]


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Nature for all: A study into how protected areas in Europe are engaging with some of the most vulnerable communities – asylum seekers and refugees


Hayden Bridgman a Ranger in the New Forest NP won an Alfred Toepher travel scholarship and this webinar will outline the her findings. The aim of these study trips will be to gain understanding and knowledge about how protected areas – both Periurban parks and National Parks, are engaging with some of the most vulnerable […]


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Understanding Biodiversity Credits


Manesh Lacoul will explain the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Target 19 deals with the biodiversity financing gap through innovative tools like biodiversity credits to leverage private investments.


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Mobile big data for understanding people in nature


Tuesday 31st October at 12.00 – Tuuli Toivonen will explore the possibilities of using various mobile big data sources (such as mobile phone data and social media data) for understanding where and when people visit nature.


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Creative ways of engaging with visitors in Protected Landscapes  



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Members Event


Following the success of last years members event we have organised a big and better event and at the request of feedback have organised opportunities for you to network and go and see and share ideas onsite by organising a series of site vists on the themes of: Restore – nature Reconnect – people Rethink […]


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Airborne LiDAR use in peatland restoration webinar


Thursday 9th June at 12.00 The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is the second largest of the 46 AONBs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, containing approximately 900 km2 of peatland which has historically been drained and degraded. Restoration planning typically involves surveying large areas of peatland on foot, but this approach […]


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Taking a look at Volunteering in proteceted areas


Tuesday 8th March 2022  at 12.00 This webinar will take a look at different ways in engaging volunteers in the management of proteceted areas in Estonia and the UK.


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Corporate Partnerships Webinar


The overall concept of the webinar is to look at private-public partnerships for improved biodiversity management. We will focus on collaboration with nature protected areas as illustrated by UK case: Naomi Conway from National Parks Partnership, Vattenfall representative Josefin Blanc. Register here


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