Land Acquisition

To achieve Wilder Kent 2030’s vision of nature in recovery: with abundant wildlife across 30% of land and sea we need to protect and restore more land in Kent. This could be under our direct management or through partnerships where together we can ensure the greatest possible conservation impact. 

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How we restore and protect wildlife

Peter Cairns

Nature reserves

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Most people in Kent live within a few miles of a Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserve. From ancient woodlands to meadows and wetlands, they’re just waiting to be explored.

Habitat Management

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Kent Wildlife Trust has produced a set of habitat management advice leaflets, funded by Arcadia. These can be downloaded below.

Conservation Management at Scotney Castle and Gardens

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Join Rob Smith as he walks around Scotney Castle and Gardens learning how the team here are managing the land for nature whilst welcoming 180,000 visitors a year. Scotney manages 788 acres of land with 30 acres just dedicated to formal gardens and 300…

Partner with us

There are so many ways you can work with our teams to understand how you can manage your land for the benefit of people and nature or learn how you can harness the power of natural capital.
Thomas Alexander

Darent Valley Farmer Cluster

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The Darent Valley Farmer Cluster is comprised of farmers and landowners who are committed to sustainably farming and managing this precious landscape, situated in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Upper Beult Farmer Cluster

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The Upper Beult Farmer Cluster is facilitated by Kent Wildlife Trust, working in partnership with Southern Water.

Darren Nicholls

Marden Farmer Cluster

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Marden farmers are using novel conservation and regenerative farming ideas to enhance the landscape for wildlife. Learn more about their work here.

Matthew Roberts

Adonis Blue Environmental Consultants

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Adonis Blue Environmental Consultants are a team of fully qualified and highly experienced ecologists, land management advisors and marine ecologists who offer ecological surveys, conservation land management advice and marine ecology services across…

Biodiversity Net Gain

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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a way of creating and improving natural habitats by ensuring that development has a measurably positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity, compared to what was there before development.

Tim Horton

Wilder Carbon

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Wilder Carbon is part of the Kent Wildlife Trust Group and works with other Wildlife Trusts and a coalition of experts from business and academia to deliver high-integrity carbon units enabling investment in genuine long-term nature restoration whilst…

Wilder Grazing

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Our ground-breaking Wilder Grazing Strategy supports the nature-positive management of our estates, encouraging wildlife recovery and adaptation to the changing climate.