A summary of agri-environment project activities Thank you to everyone for providing their email address so collaborative working can continue. Arnside and Reviewing and increasing our database of farmers, foresters and land Helen Rawlinson
[email protected] Silverdale AONB managers in the AONB. Short survey to gain info on desire for local network. 2 or 3 newsletters via post for those difficult to reach. 1-2-1 advice clinic either via internet or if risk assessment allows in person particularly around hedges and boundary CS. Blackdown Hills This will be a joint approach between Blackdown Hills and Dorset AONBs. We Gavin Saunders
[email protected] AONB propose a nested approach based on 3 stages: Stage 1: Questionnaire using Survey Monkey, sent to existing Facilitation Fund members, FWAG SW membership, ELM Test & Trial cluster participants, etc. Aim for at least 25 responses. Questionnaire will assess current uptake of agri- environment schemes, timing of agreement endings, levels of satisfaction, understanding of agricultural transition proposals and their implications; determine what level of support farmers need for ELM, and what role the AONBs could serve. Stage 2: In-depth Farmer Interviews to a subset of c.12 farmers. Stage 3: Ensure participants attend NAAONB online webinars in March 2021. Final report with recommendations for future provision of advice within the AONB area. The project will be carried out by a consortium of three consultants: FWAG SW, Gavin Saunders and George Greenshields . Broads Authority Collaborating of Broads National Park and three AONBs (Norfolk Coast, Suffolk Andrea Kelly
[email protected] Coast and Dedham Vale) to create a Natural Capital Compendium for each Protected Landscape, drawing on datasets compiled for the Norfolk and Suffolk Natural Capital Evidence Compendium.