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Bringing ghost ponds back to life in the Kent Downs National Landscape

A Farming in Protected Landscapes funded project is uncovering the hidden history of the Kent Downs – and bringing long-lost ponds back to life.

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View of a shallow valley heading up away from us. There are four leaky dams at intervals. The valley side is very brambly and there are trees in the background.
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Slowing the flow at Deer Park Farm

A Farming in Protected Landscapes project in Tamar Valley National Landscape tackled water runoff threatening a Scheduled Monument and the local river

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Nature restoration at The Grange - supporting food security and reducing flood risk

A small but carefully planned project in the Wye Valley forms part of efforts to improve national resilience.

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An aerial view across a shallow valley to hills in the far distance. There is patchwork of fields with hedgerows, and clumps of trees. A small river winds through the bottom of the valley, set among wide fields.
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Doing the Walcot Wiggle in the Shropshire Hills

A project with it all! Collaboration rewiggles a river to improve a 'gold tier' nature site, mitigate flooding and provide natural water filtration.

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A hand is holding a phone displayed the protecting our pollinators app. It is showing pictures of an Asian Hornet. In the background is one of the trapping jars. A large clear plastic jar with a purple lid with bait inside which looks like a small jar of honey.
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Protecting our pollinators in the Kent Downs

Farming in Protected Landscapes funding is building a community response to the threat of invasive Asian Hornets in Kent Downs National Landscape.

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A brown butterfly with two fine white stripes and one orange and black stripe on its wings is perched on a purple flower.
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Bringing back the elms and the butterflies of the Quantocks

Farming in Protected Landscapes funding is supporting Friends of the Quantocks to restore elm habitat, home to rare butterflies.

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Inside a medieval threshing barn, looking up to the roof. The ancient cruck timbers are holding up the roof and a hayloft is in the distance with a ladder up to it.
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Heritage Buildings Restoration in the Malvern Hills

Farming in Protected Landscapes funding has restored two very special heritage buildings in the Malvern Hills National Landscape.

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In a narrow valley, two stakes hold a 'leaky dam' in place. The leaky dam is made of long branches piled on top of each other. A woman in a blue jacket and wellies is facing away, looking up the valley which is quite steep sided, with trees growing.
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Slowing the flow at St Agnes

A Farming in Protected Landscapes project in the Cornwall National Landscape used leaky dams to tackle farm runoff that threatened a beloved beach.

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A space age looking machine sits in a pristine room. It's a micro mill. It's white and has a funnel on the top - over the top of that is a silver pipe. Silver pipes protude from the front of the mill, and a hopper in front - fed by the silver pipe.
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Farmer, miller, baker: regenerating the land, nourishing people

A Farming in Protected Landscapes grant has helped establish a stoneground micro-mill in the Chilterns – reviving a centuries-old local food tradition

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