Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has been awarded £645,000 funding by Natural England as part of a trial to research how nature-rich woodlands, grasslands, wetlands and urban habitats take up carbon.
The Trust’s Derwent Forest Landscape Recovery Project, part of the Derwent Connections Programme, has been awarded the funding for its Derwent Forest Landscape Recovery partnership-led pilot project.
Six pioneering nature projects across England have received part of the major funding award of £4.3 million to trial the most effective ways to capture carbon and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Operating at a landscape scale of over 500 hectares each, the six projects will restore landscapes across England and assess how carbon is captured and stored across different habitats such as grasslands, forests, wetlands and hedgerows.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s project aims to create connected woody habitats between the Northern and National Forests to allow movement of species in response to climate change. It will also develop an economically viable programme to support landowners to create and expand dynamic and resilient ecosystems.
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Posted On: 15/02/2023