The partnership

The principal purpose of the Partnership is to help the relevant local authorities, to fulfil their commitments to North Devon's Biosphere Reserve. It will also engage with an appropriate range of relevant national, regional and local interests in the management of the area.

• As required by the UNESCO Seville 95 Strategy (the statutory framework for Biosphere Reserves) the Partnership developed the vision and strategy for North Devon's Biosphere Reserve, will facilitate and coordinate the implementation of it according to an associated Action Plan, and will periodically review it.
• Champion the interests of the North Devon's Biosphere Reserve and its communities
• Provide guidance to the North Devon Biosphere Team about their work​
• Partnership Meeting Minutes & reports
• Information about the Biosphere Review

North Devon's Biosphere Reserve Partnership Members

Partnership Chairman:

• Prof. Mel Austen (University of Plymouth)

Partnership Vice Chairmen:

• Mark Wallace (Beaford Arts, Director)
• Phil Byers (Barnstaple Chambers of Commerce)

Biosphere Reserve Manager:

• Andrew Bell (North Devon Biosphere Service Manager)

Local Area Partnerships

• North Devon AONB Partnership Eirene Williams, Chairman; Jenny Carey-Wood, Manager

• North Devon NIA Group
  Dr. Mike Moser, Chairman

Landowners, managers and marine

• National Farmers Union
  Andrew Butler; Paul Cottington
• North Devon Fisherman's Association
  John Balls

• Christie Devon Estates
  Andrew Woolacott

• FWAG South West 
  Gary Rumbold#

• Defence Estates
  Nigel Sharpe#

Business Support

• Barnstaple Chambers of Commerce
  Phil Byers
• Mole Valley Farmers#
• North Devon Plus
  Cllr Pat Barker
• North Devon Manufacturers Association
  Godfrey Tucker#

Academic

• Bournemouth University
  Prof. Peter Howard

• Exeter University
  Dr. Matt Lobley#; Prof. Michael Winter

• Petroc College
  Bill Blythe
• University of Kent
  Dr. Rob Fish#
• University of Liverpool
  Prof. Ed Maltby#

# denotes Corresponding Members

Local Authorities

• Devon County Council
  Doug Eltham; Peter Chamberlain#

• Devon County Council Elected Members
  Cllr. Caroline Chugg, Cllr Jeremy Yabsley#, Cllr Roger Croad#

• North Devon Council
  Mark Saunders#
• North Devon Council Elected Members
  Cllr. Derrick Spear
• Torridge District Council
• Peter Stapley
• Torridge District Council Elected Members
  Cllr. Ken James
• West Devon District Council                                  Rob Sekular                                                Clare Kemp

Other Government

• MP for Torridge and West Devon      Rt.Hon Geoffrey Cox MP#

• MP for North Devon                          Rt.Hon Selaine Saxby MP#
• House of Lords                                 Baroness Sue Miller#

Charities and voluntary Sector

• Beaford Arts
  Mark Wallace, Director
• Devon Wildlife Trust
  Emma Richardson
• Coastwise North Devon
  Robert Down
• North Devon Biosphere Foundation
  Tim Jones
• National Trust
  Rob Joules
• University of the Third Age, Barnstaple
  Sue Neary
• Taw Torridge Estuary Forum
  Tony Pratt
• Tarka Country Trust
  Richard Prowse
• Royal Horticultural Society
  Jonathan Webster#
• West Country Rivers Trust
  Dr Laurence Couldrick

Statutory bodies

• Devon and Severn IFCA
  Sarah Clark
• Environment Agency
  Brett Grosvenor
• Forestry Commission
  Mark Prior
• Natural England
  Christine Goodall
• North Devon Care Commissioning Group
  Simon Jones

# denotes Corresponding Members

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