Wider themes

A path snaking to the left, with soft green grass sloping down the hill, with a view of the sea and distant cliff faces — Bolt Tail to Hope Cove, Simon Hodgkiss

We all rely on nature

A healthy natural environment supports a high quality of life for everyone across Devon and helps to achieve priorities such as clean water, reduced flooding and health and wellbeing.

Find out more about what nature gives us and why we can’t live without it.

Water quality and flood risk

Dartmoor peat bogs, with machinery in the distance and a low sun

Carbon sequestration

Connecting people and nature

A grey squirrel is in the centre of the shot, crouched down on a boardwalk with a wooden fence and trees in the background. The squirrel has a white belly and neck with a grey brown back, face, and fluffy tail.

Invasive non-native species

Did you know

Insect pollination is worth £690 million to UK agriculture.

The cost of hand pollination to replace bees in the UK would exceed £1.5 billion a year.

Sustainable pollination services for UK crops, University of Reading, 2014