Our Partners
Moors for the Future is a partnership organisation consisting of the following project partners:
Peak District National Park Authority, National Trust, Natural England, United Utilities, Severn Trent Water, Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water, Derbyshire County Council and RSPB.
Moors for the Future was originally established by funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
More information and links to their websites can be found below.
We work closely with others to keep the National Park a special place for residents and visitors. We aim to keep the best and make changes for the better, so that future generations have the chance to continue to enjoy its beauty. Moors for the Future is playing an important part in conserving and enhancing important landscapes, while raising awareness and understanding of why the area - with its rare habitat and outstanding wildlife - is so important.
The National Trust is an independent charity that relies upon the help of members and supporters to conserve 'special places' across the country. We work to protect and care for these special places to benefit people and the nation. In the Peak District, we look after several important moorland areas, where we're working hard to conserve and restore their precious wildlife and peat bogs, their rich cultural heritage and high environmental quality whilst also promoting sustainable public access, recreation and enjoyment.
Natural England works for people, places and nature to conserve and enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas. We conserve and enhance the natural environment for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people, and the economic prosperity it brings. We increase opportunities to make the natural environment an enriching part of people’s everyday lives, and improve its long term security by contributing to the sustainable management of our natural resources.
To collect the water needed for drinking, United Utilities owns 56,000 hectares of catchment land in the north west of England. 10,000 hectares lie within the Peak District. Much of it is internationally important heather moorland and designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
We aim to manage this land in a way that balances the interests of land users, biodiversity and protection of water sources. Large areas of the moor are eroding which has an impact on raw water quality in terms of colour and sediments arising from the exposed fragile peat soil.
Severn Trent Water supplies essential Water services such as drinking water and all sewerage services to millions of homes and businesses across the Midlands and beyond. Around eight million people across the Midlands receive their water and sewerage services from the company, activities which lay the foundation for STW's extensive work in the conservation of landscape and biodiversity. The company owns and manages 20,000 hectares of land and water in England and Wales and launched its Biodiversity Action Plan in 1999.
We are the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It's our job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world.
We manage the collection, treatment and distribution of water in Yorkshire, supplying around 1.24 billion litres of drinking water each day - that's a lot of water.
At the same time we also collect, treat and dispose of about one billion litres of waste water safely back into the environment.
Covering the whole of Derbyshire with the exception of the city of Derby, we work with a second tier of local government - district or borough councils - to manage services for the community.
Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is a Government Department in the UK with the overarching challenge to secure a healthy environment in which we and future generations can prosper.
As we build a low carbon, resource efficient economy, Defra helps people to adapt to changes, deals with environmental risks and makes the most of the opportunity we now have to secure a sustainable society and a healthy environment. This will help see us through the difficult economic times, volatile food and energy prices and a changing climate which all make us more aware that we can’t take our environment for granted
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