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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

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Generals Informations

Structure type:
- Independant service provider
- Public service

Intervention type: Local

Employement number: 0


Coordinate
Country:
Royaume Uni
Adress:

Llanion ParkPembroke Dock, PembrokeshireSA72 6DYWales, UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:
00 44 845 34 57 275
Fax:
00 44 16 46 68 90 76
Contact:
iforj_ANTI_SPAM_@pemrokeshirecoast.org.uk
Web:
http://www.pcnpa.org.uk/

Presentation

Designated in 1952,.Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is alone among UK National Parks in being so primarily because of its spectacular coastline. The Park includes most of Pembrokeshire's coastal strip, the Daugleddau Estuary and the Preseli Hills. It's the only UK National Park with offshore islands. The maritime influence shapes land use and wildlife far inland, and continues to play a major part in the area's economy and culture. Stretching in a 240km ribbon around the coast of Pembrokeshire, the Park covers an area of only 629 square km.

With a resident population of around 24,000, the Park is also the most densely populated one in the UK.

The National Park includes many sites and areas that are of national or international conservation significance in their own right. The list includes 7 Special Areas of Conservation, 3 Special Protection Areas, a Marine Nature Reserve, 6 National Nature Reserves and 75 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Themes activities

To conserve and enhance the special, natural features of the landscape, as well as the cultural heritage of the Park

Promotion of understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the national park

To seek to foster local social and economic well-being

Activities
  • Agriculture, environment and territory
  • Environmental education and citizenship
  • Employment and inclusion through environmental work

      • Agriculture, environment and territory
      Covered topics:
      Biodiversity / wildlife protection
      Support farmers’ diversification
      Land use (urbanisation control)
      Actions examples:

      Conserving grazing initiatives“Help for wildlife on your land” programmeHistoric landscape management initiativeWoodland Strategy for PCNPA

      Projects/Wishes:

      PCNPA is however interested in having a European partnership on the following themes: biodiversity, land management, woodland management and timber use, coastal zone management (ICZM), management of historic landscape

      Environmental education and citizenship
      Covered topics:
      Education to environment and sustainable development for youngsters
      Education and training of professionals or local representatives
      Raising public opinion’s awareness
      Actions examples:

      Outdoor and Indoor Activities for SchoolsPreparation and promotion of sustainable design guidanceGuided walksTopical talks and slide shows, offered to community groups and local organisations by the PCNPA

      Projects/Wishes:

      PCNPA is however interested in having a European partnership on the following themes: public awareness of sustainable development issues, specific training for professionals on sustainable design, new approaches to interpretation strategy and policy and to promoting understanding and enjoyment of special qualities of national park, tackling social exclusion

      Employment and inclusion through environmental work
      Covered topics:
      Social and territorial cohesion
      Economic sustainable development
      Actions examples:

      Local woodland and timber use initiative

      Agri-food and craft initiative

      Projects/Wishes:

      PCNPA is however interested in having a European partnership on the following themes: eco-tourism, sustainable management and use of area’s natural resources