Cornwall State of the AONB Monitoring Report and Interactive Atlas
Supporting the National Landscape Management Plan
The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Unit commissioned LUC to produce the State of the AONB Report 2021.
The report provides evidence-based information, capturing state and trends to inform recommendations for the AONB's new five-year management plan.
Top image: Thrift covered cliffs at Godrevy © Mary Poad
Landscape monitoring and data analysis
LUC's landscape specialists conducted comprehensive landscape monitoring across 27 indicators, continuing to showcase the wealth of information and data relating to the protected landscape.
The project provides an understanding of the forces for change acting upon the landscape and continues to set a baseline to easily monitor change every five years.
Making landscape monitoring accessible
The project's impact goes beyond informing the AONB’s management plan.
The Cornwall AONB Atlas, an interactive map tool developed alongside the report, makes the data accessible to the public, engaging a varied audience including local communities and decision-makers.
The Atlas demonstrates how the skills of landscape professionals and digital designers can be dovetailed to communicate landscape issues and inform local landscape planning.
Informing future National Landscape management
The State of the AONB Report 2021 provides the Cornwall AONB Unit with a robust evidence base to inform future management decisions.
By understanding landscape change, the AONB Unit can prioritise actions to protect and enhance the National Landscape.
“Cornwall AONB and LUC worked collaboratively to deliver the project, this joint approach created an opportunity to review and develop new monitoring indicators that address Nature Recovery and Climate Change, key priorities for the AONB. The project was delivered to a very high standard and included a presentation to our protected landscape partnership and the National Association for AONBs CEO which received excellent feedback.”
Cornwall AONB Unit
