Wareham Arc project

In summer 2022, Defra announced the 22 projects chosen for the first round of Landscape Recovery.
Landscape Recovery supports landowners and managers to take a large-scale, long-term approach to producing environmental and climate goods on their land.  

The 22 projects represent hundreds of farmers and landowners working together. 

They will be awarded a share of around £12 million in development grants over the next 2 years to help them finalise their delivery plans to restore rivers, boost biodiversity and much more. The Wareham Arc project is a partnership of 25 farmers, estates, businesses, conservation charities and private individuals covering around 3,800 hectares of land from Wild Woodbury in the northwest to Poole Harbour in the southeast.
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The partners will decide on what interventions and changes will be implemented in the next 2 years with the broad aims of connecting habitats, de-intensifying land use and restoring rivers across the catchment to improve water quality flowing into Poole Harbour.