Page 6 - BBOWT Strategic Plan 2016-2021

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Restore nature

Today we manage 88 nature reserves covering Through careful management of soil and
over 2,500 hectares. These are natural havens water resources these networks will be more
where wildlife thrives and spreads into the resilient to the extremes of weather and rising
wider landscape when conditions are temperatures resulting from climate change,
favourable. We will ensure the reserves bringing wider benefits to society.
continue to flourish.
We will
We will continue to use the principle
championed by Professor Sir John Lawton of ■ Continue to invest in our current estate and
‘More, bigger, better and joined’ to create Living Landscape projects, and establish
three new Living Landscape areas to protect the Upper Thames Vision as an exemplar
and improve biodiversity and habitats for project.
wildlife.
■ Fight to defend areas protected for their
BBOWT will stand up for wildlife, fighting to wildlife value.
protect areas recognised for their wildlife
value: nationally these are Sites of Special ■ Work with landowners beyond those areas
Scientific Interest, and locally, Local Wildlife to improve the wildlife richness of our
Sites. We will work with partners to improve countryside.
the wildlife value of land beyond these
protected areas, in ways that improve the
ecological networks across our region.

West Berkshire Living Landscape - more than 65,000 people
currently live within six miles of here.
Rob Appleby
6 BBOWT 2016