Nature Recovery Plan
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  • Introduction
  • Context
  • The Peak District
  • Themes

  • Trees
  • Moorland
  • Farmland
    • Nature-friendly farming producing food and wildlife
    • Species-rich grasslands protected and restored
    • A network of ponds for wildlife
    • Farm buildings incorporating features for wildlife
    • Case Studies

  • Water
  • Wilder landscapes
  • Economics
  • Advice
  • Development
  • People
  • Beyond the Peak

Farmland

The Peak District is a farmed landscape, primarily used for raising livestock - beef, sheep and dairy. There are around 3,000 farms, each one different: different sizes, systems, management, species and habitats. Each with something different to offer in the effort to recover nature.

  • Nature-friendly farming producing food and wildlife

  • Species-rich grasslands protected and restored

  • A network of ponds for wildlife

  • Farm buildings incorporating features for wildlife