Black Country Living Landscape
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The landscape of the Black Country has remarkable and often unexpected biodiversity assets, an incredibly diverse geology and numerous heritage features relating to the area’s rich legacy of industrial history. The region has several Sites of Special Scientific Interest, the UK's first geological National Nature Reserve, many Local Nature Reserves and several hundred locally designated wildlife sites. In addition, there is an extensive and world famous canal network, it is the only major conurbation on the England watershed, and it has many natural watercourses
Black Country Living Landscape is an exciting new project that aims to transform accessible natural greenspace and local nature reserves in partnership with people and communities across the whole of the Black Country. This will be undertaken through a co-ordinated programme of initiatives addressing site improvements for biodiversity, geodiversity and increased community engagement with the natural environment, the delivery of lifelong learning through environmental education, development of environmental tourism in the Black Country and the promotion of healthy lifestyles and active volunteering.
Black Country Living Landscape is an initiative of The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country in partnership with a range of regional organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors. Please visit the BCLL website to find out more about the project and how you can get involved.
Visit the Black Country LIving Landscape website.