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Penzance Nature and Environment
Peter Fox has launched a Crowdfunder campaign to transform depleted agricultural land into a woodland wildlife refuge.
"Cornwall was once full of meadows bursting with a gorgeous variety of flowering plants, supporting butterflies, insects, farmland birds and other wildlife.
But since the 1930s, over 99% of these so-called 'unimproved grasslands', have been lost.
Modern intensive farming has resulted in decreasing biodiversity.
Housing development encroaches further and further into the countryside in Cornwall.
The project will show how a community can work together to preserve and enhance green space before it is too late."
Protecting Wildlife
This project will create a refuge for wildlife.
Traditional orchards, added to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as recently as 2007, are finally being recognised as vital refuges for wildlife, as well as significant to the local character of our landscape.
Planting of fruit and nut trees which will, within a short time, create an ideal refuge for birds and other wildlife , creating a wildlife sanctuary.
Planting a wildlife habitat, of native vegetation, allowing for the movement of animals and the continuation of viable populations. Game shooting is still carried out by some local landowners. Recent work by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) shows a severe decline in the population size and breeding range of our resident woodcock since 1970. Even the pro-hunting Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust admit that they cannot rule out shooting as contributing to the decline of resident birds. Wildlife will be safe from shooting and hunting on Land for Nature.
To find out more and to help crowdfund this project please visit Peter's Land for Nature page
You can also visit the Redwing Gallery in Penzance where there are postcards, cards and paintings for sale - all hand painted one offs by artist Chris B J Bailey MA.
Postcards at £2.00, cards at £3.50 and paintings from £10.00. Every artwork is unique and hand painted in her studio in Penzance.
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