Lesnewth Habitat Bank Opens: Restoring Cornwall’s Ancient Celtic Rainforest

Last month, we celebrated the opening of our new habitat bank, Lesnewth, in Cornwall (BGS-221025001).

Boasting 27 hectares of grassland, heathland and scrub, this fully registered habitat site is perfectly situated to unlock development within the Cornish Killas (NCA 154), Bodmin Moor (NCA 153), The Lizard (NCA 157), Carnmenellis (NCA 155), West Penwith (NCA 156), Hensbarrow (NCA 152) and The Culm (NCA 149).

Development within this region will enable critical ecological work to be undertaken - protecting and restoring ancient and irreplaceable Celtic rainforest fast depleting due to pollution, climate change, improper land management and invasive species. 

Through careful ecological land management, we will build scrub buffers around 1000 year old trees, rivers and genetically-important nationally-scarce species, and reconnect fragmented woodland parcels across the area to create corridors of life that protect what’s left and builds long term resilience back into this globally important natural habitat. 

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