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New AONB award winner announced
Adrian Silvertown has been named the winner of the Robert Erith National Landscape Award in the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Stour Valley Project area for 2021-22. The Robert Erith National Landscape Award celebrates and recognises the achievements of individuals, groups and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the…
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More than £90,000 of funding awarded to farmers and land managers as part of pioneering new programme
The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme provides funding for farm projects meeting several specific objectives under the four themes. The programme has just finished its first year in operation, with more than £90,000 awarded to farmers and land managers in Suffolk and Essex since the scheme began in summer 2021. Around £30,000 in Coast &…
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Hedge planting opportunities
As part of the Hedgehog Friendly Village Project in East Bergholt some local hedgehog champions have identified some places in the countryside next to the village where some hedges and scrub can be planted to help connect habitats. The Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team have arranged some tasks to do this hedge…
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Hedgehog Friendly Village Project
The hedgehog is a priority species in the Dedham Vale AONB Nature Recovery Plan. We have been working on a pilot project with the East Bergholt community to create a Hedgehog Friendly village. As part of the project, on Saturday 5th March a free Walk & Talk event took place in the village. We had a great morning in…
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Sustainable Development Fund grants available
The Sustainable Development Funds in the Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Dedham Vale AONB & Stour Valley Project Area are available to a variety of local community and conservation organisations, or individuals, to support projects for the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty in the areas. Both funds…