Lower Derwent Valley Special Area of Conservation
Jobs and wildflower meadows – working with farming communities
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Humber Estuary Special Protection Area
Jobs and birds – working together for sustainable development
Jonathan Leadley
North Pennine Moors Special Area of Conservation
Clean drinking water and red grouse – restoring Yorkshire’s peatlands
Jonathan Leadley
Flamborough Head Marine Special Area of Conservation
Jobs and seabirds – securing inshore fisheries
George Stoyle
Limestone Pavement Special Area of Conservation
Jobs and scenery – building the Yorkshire tourism industry
Paul Miguel
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is deeply frustrated at George Osborne's Autumn budget statement, which includes plans to review the protection afforded to wildlife in England.
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Last week, Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts’ Chief Executive Dr Rob Stoneman said,
“We welcomed the Government’s White Paper which put nature at its heart; however the opposite now seems to be the case and the Government risks going down as the one that trashed the British countryside.”
“Yorkshire’s special areas of conservation are the jewels in the crown of our landscape. The idea of destroying sites as iconic as Spurn Point National Nature Reserve, Flamborough Head, the Humber estuary or Yorkshire’s limestone pavements is simply unthinkable.”
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