In this episode we are delighted to speak to not one, but two, colleagues talking all things nature recovery in Cornwall.
Dougie Handford is the Senior Environment Officer co-leading the Local Nature Recovery Strategy alongside a great team in Cornwall Council. He leads on this with his colleague Beth Roberts.
Clare Parnell is a board member of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership where she is also the Chair of the organisation's Rural Group. She is a member of our Cornwall AONB Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) Panel. She has a background in Agricultural Economics and working in the Agri-food sector. She farms in a family partnership in North Cornwall and Section 02 of Cornwall AONB.
We talk about the state of nature in Cornwall, in the protected landscape and beyond, farming for and with nature and the Local Nature Recovery Strategy which Dougie and the team are currently drafting.
There is a great opportunity, which Clare and Dougie discuss in the podcast, to get involved and have your say about nature recovery and the strategy.
It's a survey to fill in, please do take the time before it closes on 22 November 2023.
To find out more about nature recovery you can visit: letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/hub-page/nature-recovery
Clare also mentions some really key links for farmers where additional support is available.
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