Tony Whitehead

2 weeks ago | westcountryvoices.co.uk | Tony Whitehead

Nature-rich peatland habitats are to be better protected under plans set out by the Government today (Monday 31 March), which would ban burning on peat in the uplands, improving health and wellbeing of people in nearby communities. This is a very welcome statement from the government today. It recognises the value of our precious peatlands for both nature and carbon, and it recognises the impacts that burning in our uplands has on communities.

Dec 1, 2024 | dartmoornature.org.uk | Tony Whitehead

Tony Whitehead, November 2024In 2023, Natural England (NE) submitted evidence to the Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor. This evidence was not made public by the Agency or the review panel and was obtained by an Environmental Information Request in 2024. Dartmoor Nature Alliance has today published this evidence.

Oct 24, 2024 | westcountryvoices.co.uk | Tony Whitehead

ShareEmailTwitterFacebookThe Dartmoor Nature Alliance (DNA) has been launched this week to campaign to restore nature on Dartmoor. The group has been started by local ecologists, environmental campaigners, and land managers who are increasingly concerned about the condition of Dartmoor for nature and the lack of progress on halting and reversing wildlife decline in the National Park.

Dec 15, 2023 | westcountryvoices.co.uk | Tony Whitehead

ShareEmailTwitterFacebookDartmoor Environmental campaigner Tony Whitehead looks at the Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor published this week and asks whether it will help nature restoration in this precious landscape … When I first skimmed through the Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor that was published this week, my initial reaction was “actually, this is OK”. Such is the lot of nature conservationists: our expectations are ever low.

Oct 2, 2023 | westcountryvoices.co.uk | Tony Whitehead

ShareEmailTwitterFacebookOn Saturday September 30, around 300 people gathered at Princetown to show their passion for creating a wilder Dartmoor. The “March for Wild Dartmoor” was organised by Wildcard, a growing grassroots movement of ordinary people, campaigners and experts who want to put pressure on the country’s biggest landowners to commit to ambitious rewilding projects as a matter of urgency.