20 Year Vision

This is the Cornwall AONB Partnership’s vision statement which captures the essence of where we aspire to be in 20 years (2016 -2036).

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Cornwall National Landscape

The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a national asset, critical to Cornwall’s economy and the wellbeing of communities. The special qualities of the Cornwall AONB are conserved, enhanced and appreciated by all who live, work and visit, inspiring those people to be connected with the landscape.

Our Primary Purpose is to conserve and enhance Natural Beauty.

It is our intention that the status of the Cornwall AONB, as a nationally and internationally important protected landscape – with equal status and protection to a national park, is recognised and understood by all. This includes the landscape characteristics that combine to give the Cornwall AONB its natural beauty, unique identity and sense of place.

With inclusivity at the heart, everyone should be supported to understand the value of the Cornwall AONB. These stakeholders benefit from a protected landscape that provides the opportunity for prosperity, good health and a high quality of life, allowing them to recognise, contribute, and reinvest in the landscape in order to sustain these benefits in the long term.

Our Priorities

Through effective Partnership working the protected landscape plays a crucial role in nature recovery, resilience to climate change and conservation of the historic and natural environment, by consideration of four key priorities:

People

People

Communities in the Cornwall National Landscape live entirely outside the main towns, within villages, hamlets and scattered farmsteads, dispersed throughout the landscape. It’s a mixed picture with areas of extreme wealth and also extreme deprivation.

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Place

Place

The beauty and character of the protected landscape is primarily owed to the stewardship of generations of farmers and landowners. It is essential to appreciate, understand and value its unique and diverse character and reinvest in this precious resource in order to continue to conserve and enhance it for future generations.

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Nature

Nature

Set against a backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of the natural world and ecological crisis the current global response to the effects of human impact on nature is insufficient. The ‘richest’ sites for wildlife are too few, too small, too degraded and too disconnected. Nature Recovery must take place to restore and reverse this ecological decline.

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Climate

Climate

The climate emergency is the defining challenge of our time. In January 2019, Cornwall Council declared a climate emergency, recognising the need for urgent action to address the climate crisis. Climate change also poses threats to Cornwall National Landscape’s cultural heritage and heritage assets, including historic landscape and seascape.

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