Description:
Project aims: To monitor record changes in the landscape (i.e. changes to vegetation cover; changes to coastal and inland habitats); Ensure that new opportunities/challenges to the landscape can be identified and addressed through the AONB Management Plan & associated Action Plan; and after a number of years, the project would provide a valuable photographic archive of the AONB;
Originator:
Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust
Is this an existing or new approach to measuring landscape change?:
Existing
Aspect of landscape:
Spatial coverage:
Potential to cover entire Lake District.
Landscape Character Type:
Geographical unit:
Single location
Frequency of measure:
Every 6 months
Indicator:
Visible landscape change
Resource requirements:
Photographic equipment, GPS.
Establishment cost:
Medium (additional staff time and limited cash up to £15k)
Any other comments:
Working with a group of volunteers from local organisations with regular access to each of the locations could be a very good way to develop a resource of images and to keep a record of both seasonal and long term changes, however, there is no information to describe how often repeat visits have been made and whether the project has met its longer term goals.
Ongoing operational cost:
Low – maintaining a webpage to upload images to
Ongoing reporting cost:
Low
Data source:
Volunteers from local organisations and local government were given training in fixed point photography with the aim that the return to the 6 sites every 6 months and photograph changes. This took place in 2013, no information is available regarding further work since then.
Submitted by:
Jemma Simpson
Countryscape
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