Biosphere
Action Week Success More than 200 people took part in
community activities between the 15 th
and the 24 th October themed on woods
and trees and their value to the Biosphere
Reserve. The Action Week events included:
arts activities on Barnstaple Square, woodland
walks near Chulmleigh, Barnstaple and
Beaford, tree planting at Pathfields school,
a woodland experience, a hedge laying workshop at
Croyde and a green wood carving event at East
Yarde beside the Tarka Trail. Read
more |
Sett 2 on the Tarka
TrailThe North Devon AONB &
Biosphere Team has been working closely with Devon
County Council's Highways department to resolve a
tricky dilemma involving badgers. Find
out more. |
New Biosphere
Interpretation at Braunton Countryside
Centre
On
October 10th, County Councillor Caroline Chugg and
pupils from Caen Primary School unveiled the new
board at Braunton Countryside Centre, near
Braunton Burrows, the core area of the Biosphere
Reserve. |
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Atlantic
Array Update The Biosphere Reserve partnership's
updated position
statement is available on the Biosphere
website. |
World Class
HedgesThe latest in our series of
North Devon Journal articles on habitats in the
Biosphere Reserve is a closer look at hedges with
Rob Wolton co-chairman of the Devon Hedge Group.
Read this article and previous Biodiversity
Features on our website. |
Linking Art, Science,
Education & the WorldFrom the
10 th to the 12 th October,
artists from the Biosphere's Confluence Project
supported by members of the Biosphere Team and
Beaford Arts held workshops with the participating
schools to familiarise them with the Biosphere
Reserve and the concept of ‘linkage’ that
underpins it. Members of iDAT also demonstrated
the ECOID sensors and begun the process of
deciding how exactly the schools will use them. Read
more. |
Nature Improvement
AreasThe Biosphere Reserve
Partnership's bid for the creation of a Nature
Improvement Area within the Biosphere has passed
the first round assessment from Defra. It is
1 of 20 applications (from an England-wide total
of 76) to be picked to go forward to a stage 2
assessment as part of the process to create 12
Nature Improvement Areas during 2012. Read
more | |
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