Big Names Publication SE

Countryside and Wildlife

We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.

Job Sites www.countryside-jobs.com www.environmentjob.co.uk www.conservation-careers.com

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust • Conservation charity saving wetlands • 9 Wetland Centres, in the UK • 350 staff, 700 volunteers, 1 million visitors • Manage 3000 hectares Natural Resources Wales • Protects people and the environment • Employ 1900 people with 180 million budget • Manage 7% Welsh land works as advisor, regulator, designator of AONB Environment Agency • Protection and improvement of the environment • Employs 10,600 people in England including scientists, hydrologists, environment officers • Have entry level programmes and volunteering opportunities • Offices in Bristol and London

Wildlife Trusts • Manages 95,000 hectares of land in 47 trusts • Advise 5300 landowners on wildlife management • 650 trustees, 40,000 volunteers, 2000 staff Scottish Wildlife Trust • Manages 150 wildlife reserves • 100 staff with over 1000 volunteers Natural England • Government advisor to protect England’s landscape and nature • Manage wildlife programmes, conserve landscape, improve public access • 2000 staff with HQ in York National Parks UK • 15 National Park authorities protecting and promoting, countryside, heritage and wildlife Volunteering, internship and apprenticeship opportunities • 167 million visitors enter the parks each year

National Trust • Look after historic house, gardens, coastline, forest and farmland and nature reserves • 60,000 volunteers • Manages 775 miles of coastline • £450 million expenditure • 5,200 staff rd of their estate lies in National Parks or AONB • Provide recreation, conservation, manages tree operations • Harvests 4 million tonnes of wood per year Forestry Commission • Largest land manager in UK of 900,000 hectares • 2 / 3

Check out www.lantra.co.uk/careers

www.snh.gov.uk www.tcv.org.uk www.sepa.org.uk

Industry News http://www.wildlifeextra.com www.worldwildlife.org/magazine

www.britishwildlife.com www.discoverwildlife.com www.bbc.com/earth/uk

RSPB • Nature conversations

• Manages 200 nature reserves • Recorded 13,000 species • Nature conversations • 1300 staff with 18,000 volunteers • Expenditure of £94 million