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A Conservation Strategy for the Sand Dunes of the Sefton
Coast, North West England (LIFE95 NAT/UK/000818)
The project has supported purchase of key sections of the coastal dunes and
heath; establishment of nature reserves over the most sensitive locations and
development of educational and information nature trails at appropriate sites;
development of nature conservation management plans in cooperation with golf
course managers and other land owners; habitat restoration and species recovery
actions; and finally workshops to share the experiences of this programme with
managers of similar dune SACs
across Europe. Information via the Life web site http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/project/index.htm
The LIFE project included publication of three reports on the development of
good practice in dune conservation management across the Sefton
Coast (Sefton Council, English Nature and the National Trust) with
the support of the EU Life Nature fund:
- Multiple-use management of the Ainsdale Dunes on the Sefton Coast (http://www.seftoncoast.org.uk/bestpra1.html);
- The restoration of open dune communities at Ainsdale Sand Dunes National
Nature Reserve (http://www.seftoncoast.org.uk/bestpra2.html);
- The integration of management
for golf and nature on the sefton coast (http://www.seftoncoast.org.uk/bestpra3.html).
Copies can be accessed via the Sefton Coast web site @ http://www.seftoncoast.org.uk/
via the wildlife section 'best practice guidelines'
Duration : 1st September 1995 - 1st May 1999
Comment: The Sefton
coast is a key area for the demonstration of a wide variety of sand
dune management and restoration activities.
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