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The Trust was the first UK Wildlife Trust to become a member of Countdown 2010 the European initiative to halt the decline in biodiversity by 2010. Black Country Living Landscape [3] was a major initiative of the Trust that aimed to be the first practical application of the principles of landscape scale conservation to an urban area.
The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney. The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after more than 2,600 nature reserves , covering around 98,500 hectares (243,000 acres).
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN) is a registered charity which manages 126 nature reserves covering 3,945 hectares (15.23 square miles). It has over 35,000 members, and 95% of people in Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire live within five miles of a reserve.
The term wildlife trust can be used in one of two senses to describe organisations concerned with wildlife: in a specific sense, to refer to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, or one of its constituent members known as The Wildlife Trusts ; a list of these can be found at that page.
The Trust was originally formed in April 1985 as The Sheffield City Wildlife Group and created to preserve a section of green space adjacent to Ecclesall Road now known as Sunnybank nature reserve. Other practical conservation projects included Crabtree Ponds, Roe Wood and the creation of the Five Weirs Walk in Sheffield.
The trust's projects include: advice to landowners on how to manage their land with wildlife in mind, including commoners in the New Forest; [4] species reintroductions like working with the South Downs National Park Authority to reintroduce water voles to the River Meon; [5] and working with local authorities to make public spaces more wildlife-friendly.
The 40 Acres Conservation League is on a mission to establish an open space where Black Californians and other people of color can feel at home in nature.
Hill Hook (The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country) Hill of White Hamars (Scottish Wildlife Trust) Hill Park (Surrey Wildlife Trust) Hillbridge and Park Wood (Derbyshire Wildlife Trust) Hilton Gravel Pits (Derbyshire Wildlife Trust) Hitchcopse Pit (Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust) Hobbs Quarry (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust)