Kemerton Conservation Trust
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The Kemerton Conservation Trust is a charity founded in 1989 with the object of "the conservation of flora and fauna and of places of natural and cultivated beauty for the public benefit in the Counties of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester and the counties adjoining them"[1]. In practice the primary focus of the Trust has been the promotion of nature conservation within the farmed environment.
Much of the Trust activity has been centred on the area surrounding Bredon Hill in Worcestershire and in particular on the Kemerton Estate, belonging to the environmentalist Adrian Darby, the founding chairman. The other governors have been chosen for their skills in areas of the Trust’s work.
The Trust has three core activities.
- managing areas of high wildlife value for conservation, by owning and leasing land, and under management agreements with farmers.
- carrying out scientific monitoring and surveying to establish the effectiveness of conservation policies.
- educating the public and promoting ways farmers can act for the benefit of wildlife.
Since 1989 the Trust has employed Conservation Officers and Advisors to assist in carrying out these activities. It has received funding from the Mercia Environment Fund and the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, as well as from charities, businesses and private individuals.
[edit] Governors
Adrian Darby (chairman), Kate Connor, Matthew Darby, Peter Doble, Richard Knight, Lord Howick of Glendale, Dr David Macdonald, Carl Nicholson, Roger Workman.
