Welcome to the website for the UK's 47 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs).
If you are planning a visit, looking for a job, or just want to find out more about your AONBs, our website can help.
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss.
AONBs are home to some of the UK's most exquisite and unusual wildlife species. It is this rich biodiversity that makes them special.
The family of AONBs supports the aims of the International Year of Biodiversity.
Biodiversity is Life.
For more information and ways of getting involved see www.biodiversityislife.net
To assist staff working for AONBs, pupils and students studying Protected Landscapes or those who just want to know a bit more in depth, the National Association for AONBs, an independent organisation working onbehalf of AONBs - with Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales - has produced a interactive presentation introducing AONBs. To view this presentation online, click on the box below.
This site acts as a meeting point for those working in AONBs, and access to a database of useful documents, the...
This includes news and press releases, consultation responses, committee papers and minutes,
job vacancies, voluntary opportunities, details of training and our annual conference.
The Association - again working with Natural England - has also produced an online 'Database of Action Plans'. This Database draws together the Actions planned by all the AONBs in England into a single searchable data resource, allowing the rapid identification of projects under specific themes across the country. To use this database go to http://actions.aonb.org.uk or click on the box below.
This website has been produced with the support of Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales.
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