Bull bison by Donovan Wright
Wilder Kent 2030
A WILDER KENT where nature is in recovery and valued as a critical human life support system.
Nature is in trouble and our Wilder Kent 2030 Strategy, sets out how we can work together to save it.
Our plan is both ambitious and innovative, and delivers the urgent action that must be taken to tackle the nature and climate emergency.
Our mission
Our mission is to increase wildlife abundance and climate resilience across 30% of Kent's land and sea.
By working with communities and partners, we believe that we can save and restore our natural world.
Our goals
Bison calf by Donovan Wright.
We defend and restore
We defend and restore with nature-based land management practices, whilst giving wildlife a voice through our campaigns and communications.
We inspire and collaborate
To inspire others, we will increase our engagement with communities across Kent and work with more businesses and stakeholders to encourage everyone to protect and restore nature and wildlife habitats.
Robert Canis
We strengthen and grow
We will innovate by strengthening our income sources through sustainable practices.
Our Wilder Kent 2030 vision below or download here.
How?
To achieve the Wilder Kent 2030 vision of nature in recovery and being valued as a critical human life support system, we need more land under our direct management, as well as greater influence over a larger geographic area, where we can ensure the greatest possible conservation impact.
We will use finance from Nature-based Solutions to double our landholdings by 2030 and manage them for the long-term. We will partner with others to extend this approach to an equivalent area of land and sea beyond our estate.
You can view how we operate below or download here.
Check out some of the projects enabling the Wilder Kent 2030 Strategy below:
Who?
The Kent Wildlife Trust Group includes our consultancy and education services, with Kent Wildlife Trust taking the specific role as the parent charity to deliver the #WilderKent 2030 goals.
We also embrace working in partnership with other charities and organisations and recognise that, by harnessing different approaches, we can achieve more.
You can view the roles of each group below or download here.
Next steps: scaling impact
We will focus our own action and innovation on the 2-4% of Kent under our direct influence, using wilding and other principle-based approaches to maximise the number and abundance of species of animals and plants.
We will monitor our impact and openly learn by doing.
We will use this approach to inspire others, encouraging them to play their part in achieving the #WilderKent 2030 ambition through direct advocacy and demonstrating the art of the possible.
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How you can help
Every time you visit, shop or donate to us, you are supporting nature and wildlife in Kent; you are helping to create a #WilderKent.
