DORSET
Includes:
- Dorset Stategic Partnership
- Dorset Community Strategy
- Dorset Agricultural Advisory Service
- Dorset Action 4 Farming and Food
- Dorset Coppice Group
- Facts on Dorset
Dorset Strategic Partnership
'Established by the Local Government Act 2000, Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) are single over-arching strategic partnerships (umbrella bodies) for an area that bring together the public, private, business, voluntary and community sectors so that different services and initiatives support each other and work together for the benefit of local people.'
For a full explanation and more articles and links click here: www.dorsetforyou.com
Dorset Community Strategy
Dorset have put together a community strategy 2007-16 to consider diverse community issues such as improved and accessible services, jobs, and leisure. It considers the environmental, demographic, and economic future of "a living thriving Dorset where everyone has a part to play in creating a better quality of life". Click here to see more.
Dorset Agricultural Advisory Service
Dorset Agricultural Advisory Service (DAAS) offers free, impartial and confidential advice to farmers and landowners.
For more information about DASS, including advice services and newsletters, visit www.kmc.ac.uk/daas.
Action 4 Farming and Food
Action4Farming&Food...A Sustainable Farming and Food Industry for Dorset - a report commissioned by Dorset County Council’s ‘Sustainable Farming and Food Forum’, 2005.
Telephone: 01258 474288
Email: info@action4farming.org
'Making Land Use Sustainable' - a report which includes south west case study initiatives: The Dorset Heaths and The Purbeck 'Delivering Biodiversity' Project.
Dorset Coppice Group
The Dorset Coppice Group is a non-profit making company formed by woodsmen in 1999, with the main aim to raise public awareness of the valuable tradition of coppicing in the county by highlighting the link between the use of locally produced coppice products and the resulting conservation of the woodlands from which they come.
For more information visit www.dorsetcoppicegroup.co.uk
Facts on Dorset’s geography and environment:
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty accounts for 53% of Dorset's total land area
Over 140 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, covering almost 18, 800 hectares
9 National Nature reserves
34 regionally important geological or geomorphical sites (40 under consideration)
1,500 sites of nature conservation interest
91km of heritage coastline
30,370 hectares of greenbelt
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Last Updated 10/12/2007