Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB
Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB
Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB
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Special landscapes…for wildlife<br />
The <strong>Dorset</strong> <strong>AONB</strong> has an amazing wealth of wildlife – a great place for local<br />
people to explore and celebrate <strong>the</strong> wildlife <strong>the</strong>y have on <strong>the</strong>ir patch and to<br />
give it a helping hand too.<br />
Young people learn woodland skills<br />
The British Trust for Conservation<br />
Volunteers set up a project to engage<br />
young socially at risk and disadvantaged<br />
people in environmental management.<br />
Six practical sessions were organised at<br />
Bracketts Coppice Nature Reserve, where<br />
19 young people were taught about<br />
managing woods for wildlife and<br />
undertook coppicing work and installed<br />
nest boxes for dormice.<br />
Wildlife rich meadows on <strong>the</strong> National<br />
Trust’s Golden Cap estate can be grazed<br />
again now that <strong>the</strong> vital water supply has<br />
been renewed.<br />
The South Winterbournes project<br />
researched into <strong>the</strong>se internationally<br />
important streams and how to restore<br />
<strong>the</strong>m.<br />
A number of <strong>the</strong> young people went on<br />
to join Millennium Volunteer scheme and<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r training programmes, and members<br />
from <strong>the</strong> Weymouth Foyer who attended<br />
<strong>the</strong> coppicing sessions organised and ran<br />
a presentation for o<strong>the</strong>r residents on <strong>the</strong><br />
benefits and enjoyment of volunteering.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r wildlife projects we have supported<br />
The Axe and Char Environmental<br />
Sustainability Project works with farmers<br />
and local communities to improve <strong>the</strong><br />
environmental quality of <strong>the</strong> rivers<br />
through sensitive management of <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
catchment areas.