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 Annual Review 2011-12

This review highlights work initiated and led by the AONB Partnership Staff Unit, or things into which we put significant effort, though much of it involved working closely with other organisations. 

The annual review is part of our commitment to be transparent and accountable for the actions we take and the way in which we spend public and other funds. It helps to demonstrate the value of the AONB and the team (not just in economic terms but in environmental and social terms too) and shows some of the ways in which our team provides services and technical expertise which add to the work of others and help them achieve things which they could not achieve alone.

From the chairman

Landscape and geodiversity

Land management and biodiversity 

Historic environment

Enjoying and understanding the North Pennines

Economy and business

Community and culture

Increasing knowledge of the AONB

Working at the national level

What it cost and how it was paid for

Dale Pattinson putting cope stones onto a dry stone wall 2012
Taking core samples from peatbog near Killhope, County Durham
Excavating stone staircase at Westgate Castle
Spreading 'green hay' on a hay meadow