Projects
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Projects
50 Outstanding Years: 1960 - 2010
The 50 Outstanding Years Programme marks and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the designation of South Devon as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which took effect on the 2nd August 1960. The programme will involve conservation projects, orchard & tree planting, community art & photography, parish studies, and recorded memories from locals. To find out more about this project and how you can get involved, click on the link above.
Life into Landscape
The Lottery-funded Life into Landscape scheme was a programme of activities to conserve and enhance the natural beauty and rich heritage of South Devon. It officially drew to a close in March 2007. The £1.3m international award-winning partnership can look back on a considerable list of achievements.
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed is Britain's most invasive non-native plant. The AONB unit, supported by the AONB Sustainable Development Fund and partner organisations of the Devon Knotweed Forum, has published a fact sheet for local landowners highlighting the urgent need to get a local grip on Knotweed.
Reducing Light Pollution
The South Devon AONB's Light Pollution Reduction Project supported by the AONB Sustainable Development Fund, aims to help rural communities take action to avoid obtrusive lighting that spills out into our night sky masking its true beauty.