🌊 840 projects reducing flood risk
🌳 204,000 trees planted
🧒 3400+ educational visits
👨‍🌾 Over 7000 farmers engaged

New report details multiple benefits delivered through the Farming in Protected Landcapes programe, facilitated by National Landscape and National Park teams. tinyurl.com/5d77z5rp

Lee Nelson created 9 new poems 'Sharpenhoe Begins' for his Chilterns Nature Calling commission. The works are evocative and rich with references. Lee visited with community members from Luton and was inspired by their experiences. Read them and feel the wanderlust!
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Kerenza McClarnan, arts development and programme manager, spoke to a packed house at the Northern Nature Culture and Place Forum organised by Ecosystems Knowledge Network in Leeds today.
She was invited to provide the provocation for the #NNCP25 event and asked 'Who are you inviting?'

Louisa Adjoa Parker is the Dorset Nature Calling writer. She 'set out ... to listen to the land, ... pressing my ear to the earth.'
'This patch of land' is poetry and prose: folklore, history, heritage, geology, and nature; rich, tightly woven and fascinating: tinyurl.com/yre6p3ay

Manchester based rapper OneDa created 'Connections' for her Nature Calling commission, working with Forest of Bowland National Landscape. She spent time in Bowland and ran Hip Hop workshops with young people in nearby Burnley. Visit the Nature Calling website to listen: tinyurl.com/4x54bzmh

📣 London based poet Ayesha Chouglay is the Nature Calling commissioned writer for Lincolnshire Wolds. Ayesha spent time exploring the Lincolnshire Wolds, and ran several workshops with local residents. She created 4 new poems inspired by a family connection to the area: tinyurl.com/4ttfxar8

We're thrilled to share the work of five commissioned writers on our Nature Calling project: two award winning rappers and three acclaimed poets. They each spent time in a National Landscape and with residents and visitors to create their inspiring pieces. Find out more:
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🎵📣 Stay tuned for exciting news next week
Our Arts Council England and Defra funded arts project is well and truly underway!
Check out the amazing writers and artists we're working with on the Nature Calling website. www.naturecalling.org.uk
#outdoorarts #natureconnectedness #poetry #rap #music

Heading out for a walk?
National Landscapes have walks on their websites so you can easily find a route.
Find your new favourite here:
national-landscapes.org.uk/national-lan...
Or the slow ways website has many new routes joining towns and cities.
beta.slowways.org

Young people from Croydon visited Surrey Hills National Landscape for a residential as part of the Defra funded Generation Green project.
Find out more and watch the video: ow.ly/jRXP50UrURk
#generationgreen

On the 75th anniversary of the legislation that led to the creation of National Landscapes, we're looking to the future. We crunch the numbers on the outsize role National Landscapes could play in delivering 30by30 if adequately resourced.
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Bruce from National Landscapes Association attended a workshop to help Nature South East plan next steps towards helping nature thrive across the region. National Landscapes and Big Chalk have important roles to play. Find out more about Big Chalk here: big-chalk.org #makingspacefornature #30by30

🍃 A Farming in Protected Landscapes grant of £6000 has enabled farmer Rod Everett to develop his knowledge of biofertilisers, this could be a low-cost, nature friendly replacement for synthetic ones.
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#FiPL #FarmingforNature #biofertiliser
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social

📣 This is a Game Changer - a Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) project that ticks every box:
✔️ Helps biodiversity
✔️ Uses overabundant resource
✔️ Next to no waste
✔️ High-quality training for young people
✔️ Plugs a skills gap
😋 Tastes incredible
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@wclnews.bsky.social

Thanks to Woodland Trust for a thought provoking event launching Leading from the Front - The Role of the Public Sector in Nature Recovery hightlighting the importance of collaboration to ensure these markets deliver real results. 📷Hannah Wilcox-Brooke, Liam Marsh

We're gathering in London today for 'Landscape Leaders 24'. National Landscapes Lead Officers and Chairs will be hearing from climate and nature thought leaders.
It promises to be a day of curiosity, challenge and inspiration. #landscape #leadership #climate #nature @jncc-ceo.bsky.social