We are looking for a new chair to lead Dorset Local Nature Partnership. This is an exciting opportunity to shape our future direction. Luke Rake, who has led the partnership since December 2020, stepped down in February 2025 to take on a new national education role. We thank Luke for his strong leadership and support …
We are pleased to start 2025 by introducing our new Independent Board Members: Ian Curtis, a former professional cricketer for Surrey, helped to establish both Oxford University’s nationally-pioneering £220m Campaign in the late 1980’s and the University’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI) in 1991. Ian has recently left ECI after 35+ years of fundraising and public engagement. Imogen …
For this year’s Annual Forum, we are delighted to be hosting a Food Production and Nature in Harmony event for Dorset at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton. Food is at the heart of the some of the biggest challenges we face – including food security, ill health related to diet, access to healthy food and …
Dorset Local Nature Partnership works at a strategic level to maximise the benefits of our environment for wildlife, people and the economy. We have an exciting opportunity to join the Dorset Local Nature Partnership Board – we are looking to appoint up to three board members. We are looking for board members who will: If …
For this year’s Annual Forum, Dorset Local Nature Partnership is delighted to be hosting a special Local Nature Recovery event for Dorset. Dorset is buzzing with amazing nature recovery activities already taking place, come and join us at the Annual Forum to hear about some of this fantastic work and different approaches being taken across various …
Dorset Local Nature Partnership and Dorset Wildlife Trust ran an online Young Journalist programme to train a group of fifteen 14–18-year-olds from across Dorset in journalism skills with a focus on environmental issues. The project worked with Participation People (a national Youth Voice organisations). The project raised awareness within the group of the climate and …
The theme of this year’s forum was about communicating our environmental messages, essential for highlighting the climate and ecological emergencies. The forum was held at Dorset Museum, Dorchester on 17 March and was attending by 38 people. The presentations can be viewed below. Sadly, the sound did not record on the in person presentations, so …
On 2 November, Dorset LNP held a workshop to support nature recovery in Dorset. Over thirty people attended the session, which was a starting point for the future development of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) and revisions of the councils’ Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategies. More engagement on the LNRS will be undertaken once …
Land Management Supporting the Nature and Climate Emergencies This year’s annual forum DLNP aimed to shine a light on the how agriculture and land management in Dorset can, and already is, addressing the ecological and climate emergencies, through nature-based solutions by sharing some brilliant examples of work within the county. ffinlo Costain from Farmwel and …
Colleagues from the Forestry Commission who led a fantastic webinar for Dorset LNP on 6 December 2021 on the Right Tree in the Right Place for the Right Reason. Information from the webinar is now available. Presentation Webinar Recording (89mins) Chat discussion If you have any queries please email: info@dorsetlnp.org.uk.
