Managing the Landscape
East Devon AONB Management
Introduction
The East Devon AONB Team will co-ordinate the business of the Partnership and will work with partners and stakeholders to realise the targets identified in the Management Strategy Action Plan
In brief, the roles of the AONB team members are:
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AONB Manager (Chris Woodruff) - strategic co-ordination of the AONB Team and Partnership. Budgetary management and business planning. Landscape character |
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Communications Officer (Kimmo Evans) - principal contact for interpretation, communications and community initiatives across the 29 parishes of the East Devon AONB. |
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AONB Project Officer (Pete Youngman) - co-ordination and delivery of AONB projects relating to land mangement, biodiversity and access. Lead for the 'Looking out for bats' initiative |
Parishscapes Project Officer (Philippe Planell) - Parishscapes is a community and landscape project extending across all 29 parishes of the East Devon AONB. It aims to improve access to historical landscape information, through digitisation of tithe maps, and promote conservation or enhancement projects through community groups. It is a 3 year (2007-2010) HLF supported project.
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Sustainable Development Fund Administrator (Claudia McDonald ) - Administrative support for delivery of the Sustainable Development Fund (a Defra grant provided to all AONBs through Natural England). Contact the office on 01404 46663 Tuesdays and Wednesday mornings only, or email to cmmcdonald@eastdevon.gov.uk .
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The East Devon AONB team and activities are core-funded by Natural England (75%), Devon County Council (12.5%) and East Devon District Council (12.5%).
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Further information about the structure of the AONB team within the wider East Devon District Council Countryside Service is available here.