From rare reptiles to legendary landscapes, the newly designated Wealden Heaths NNR is a crown jewel of conservation — protecting wildlife, connecting habitats, and inspiring generations to come - video Dailymotion

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00:00Hi, I'm Graham Horton. I work for Natural England. We're really pleased to be here

00:04today to launch the Wilden Heaves National Nature Reserve. National Nature

00:09Reserve recognises that this area is one of the most important places in the

00:12country for wildlife. It's a fantastic resource on hundreds of thousands of

00:17people's doorstep and it just sort of shows what an amazing place this is for

00:21wildlife. Why is it so important? For us, I'm from reptile, my name is Howard Innes,

00:27I'm from reptile and amphibian conservation. For us, it's hugely important because

00:32pretty much all the species of UK reptile and amphibian are found on this

00:36reserve and for two of them, the smooth snake and the sand lizard, Heathland is the

00:41only habitat that they really live in. So vitally important for our reptiles and

00:47amphibians and it's a place to come and see wildlife.

00:52So I'm Harry Bow, I work for National Trust. So echo all of that, one of the things I'm

00:58really excited about today is the recognition that nature is in real

01:03peril in the UK and to think that a single organisation can solve what is a

01:11really complex problem would be an act of real arrogance. And in order for nature to

01:19recover, we need more working like this where organisations like ourselves come

01:24together at scale in order to tackle good crises of nature. So yeah, brilliant to

01:31embark on it.

01:33I'm James Heard, I'm Director of Reserves Management at Surrey Wildlife Trust and the

01:38World and Heath National Nature Reserve for me is a real exemplar of something that

01:45the folks of Surrey can be really proud of. Ecologically, it's an incredibly rich

01:49landscape and this is an opportunity for us to work in collaboration with each

01:53other's organisations to really create a coherent ecological network for wildlife

01:59to really thrive in this area. But like I said at the start, something that the folks

02:03in this county can be really, really proud to say, you know, we've got this on our

02:06doorstep and make a real positive song and dance about it. And we can also factor in things like

02:11climatic resilience so that this landscape is here, not only now, but in years to

02:16come in the face of a very changing climate. So really excited that this is

02:20very much just the start of what is hopefully a very bright future for the

02:23significant landscape that we see behind us.

From rare reptiles to legendary landscapes, the newly designated Wealden Heaths NNR is a crown jewel of conservation — protecting wildlife, connecting habitats, and inspiring generations to come

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