Www.moortrees.org Moor Trees Restoring wild, native woodland on Dartmoor Adam Griffin Wildwoods Service Manager.

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Moor Trees

Restoring wild, native woodland on Dartmoor

Adam GriffinWildwoods Service Manager

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• Charity since 2000

• Planted 8ha, planned 15ha

• Supplied 2k, sown 20k

• 1000’s of volunteers

• Community lead

• Towards the Wild

conference 1999

Moor Trees

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Dartmoor National Park

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Dartmoor National ParkProtected landscape

• 95,400 ha• Moorland 47%• Common land 38%• 1,000 Ancient

Monuments• SSSIs 27%• SAC sites

Dartmoor BAP

• 32 key species• 20 key habitats• 20 Action Plans

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DNPA management plan: 2001 vision statement• The wildness of remote moorland remains undiminished, heather is recovering and past physical and ecological damage has been repaired.• Farming remains the principal land use, and is always maintaining and enhancing the character and wildlife interest of the landscape.

Ownership

• Duchy of Cornwall: 29%• DNPA: 1.5%• Multi-stakeholder• Cultural landscape nearly achieved World Heritage Site status• Over 1 million visitors per year

Dartmoor National ParkMulti-interest Landscape

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Threats:

• Size

• Management

• Global warming

DNP has some good protected remnants

Linking & expanding Ancient Woodland2.8% left in fragmented remnants

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Free service to landowners

• Grant information

• Free trees

• Volunteer help

• Conservation advice

Wildwoods Service

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Wildwoods Service

20-year protection agreement

• Wildlife objectives

• Non-native control

• Browsing protection

• Management Plan

Ecological restoration

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Seeds To Saplings

Ecological restoration

• Collecting only from ASNW sites• 8 community nurseries

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Involving Locals, groups and students

• Over 1,000 volunteer days last year

• Giving, learning, sharing tea and cake!

Active Communities

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Promoting Conservation

Encouraging Restoration

• Traditional storytelling

• Walks and talks

• Lectures

Environmental Education

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• Schools

• Skills & training

• Partnerships

• Awards

Community Links

Engaging People

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• Tree dedications

• CSR

• COS

• Sponsorship

• Partnerships

Environmental Enterprise

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Cutting edge conservation

• Unique

• Innovative

• Inspiring

Next Steps• Develop key partnerships• Sustainable funding & growth• Look to Natural Networks beyond DNP

Environmental Enterprise

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Moor Trees

Adam Griffin

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