World Rivers Day is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It aims to highlight the values of our rivers, increase public awareness and encourages improved stewardship of all rivers. One...
James Richards
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Rainforest Resilience Volunteer Day - Lichen ID Training
Join us at Golitha Falls NNR on Wednesday 15th October, learning about temperate rainforests, lichens and get involved in protecting this unique habitat!
Read moreBodmin's brilliant bogs & archaeology afternoon
Young explorers will have hours of fun with various archaeological and nature based games to get involved with at this area of peatland that has had restoration works to make it wetter and better for wildife and the planet. Don’t miss out!
Read moreForest For Cornwall - Celebrating 5 years of tree planting
The team at Forest for Cornwall are celebrating an incredible five years of the project. So far over 1.6 million trees have been planted in 971 projects across Cornwall, with many more projects in the pipeline for this winter!
Read moreThe Natural Beauty Series: Part 6 – Scenic Quality
This article is the sixth part of our featured series on Natural Beauty and explores the concept of Scenic Quality, one of the recognised factors contributing to Natural Beauty (as identified by Natural England, Statutory Body for all National Landscapes).
Read moreCornwall National Landscape is the new name for the protected landscape in Cornwall, endorsed by Natural England. We are still in law a designated area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). Cornwall National Landscape is 12 separate sections making up one third of Cornwall and our primary purpose remains to conserve and enhance Natural Beauty.
Cornwall is a beautiful part of the world, with a world-renowned coastline, a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation, and a host of natural and heritage features that make it unique and such a draw for visitors and residents alike. National Landscapes are protected landscapes whose distinctive character and natural beauty are so outstanding that it is in the nation’s interest to safeguard them. As such they have been nationally designated by the same legislation as National Parks and have the same status and level of protection.
Cornwall National Landscape is unique, it is the only protected landscape that has 12 separate sections totalling almost a third of Cornwall – an area bigger than Dartmoor National Park.
Our Primary Purpose is to conserve and enhance Natural Beauty.
Our priority is to lead and support projects which deliver under these four key priorities.
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.
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.
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.
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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A shared strategy for those who live, work and visit the Cornwall National Landscape. It provides guidance to help Government, statutory organisations and any public body to ensure they are fulfilling their Section 85* duty to ‘have regard to the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty’ of the protected landscape.
