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 Fiona Rew
• North Devon Fisherman's Association John Balls

• Christie Devon Estates Andrew Woolacott

• FWAG South West 

• 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 
• 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 Dave Brain 
• Forestry Commission James Mason
  Natural England Christine Goodall
• North Devon Care Commissioning Group Simon Jones

# denotes Corresponding Members

Terms of Reference

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