Chalk Landscape Conservation and Planning
Evolving a new ethic of chalk land management
Chalk landscapes are home to precious chalk streams, chalk grasslands and an immense array of species that once flourished. These landscapes have been subject to land management processes driven by industrial systems and have become severely degraded over time. The project brings together land managers and organisations to
support long-term ecological and cultural value.
The Brief
We explored specific chalk projects and wider initiatives as well as to explore governance, event and engagement strategy and funding.
Landstory supported a newly forming partnership of conservation organisations to crystalise and develop their goals and methods of engaging with land managers and farmers.
Our Approach
2 in person workshop days with wider partnership group and stakeholders
Summary report and event strategy for farmer engagement
The Challenges
Identifying a core tension between conservation and farming – that there were no farmers or land managers present in the conversations around the partnership and its potential.
The Outcome
Core priorities were set around – communications, engagement, spatial planning, funding and governance. With a 1 year roadmap outlining core activities and actions.
The Future
We would love to see an event led strategy deployed that brings together land managers, farmers and conservation groups to explore the potential of how to develop a new ethic for management of Chalk landscapes.
The project in numbers
Online workshops
In person workshops
Partnership organisations
