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We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
Wildlife Trusts
• Manages 95,000 hectares of
land in 47 trusts
• Advise 5300 landowners on
wildlife management
• 650 trustees, 40,000 volunteers,
2000 staff
RSPB
• Nature conversations
• Manages 200 nature reserves
• Recorded 13,000 species
• Nature conversations
• 1300 staff with 18,000 volunteers
• Expenditure of £94 million
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
Forestry Commission
• Largest land manager in UK
of 900,000 hectares
• 2/3 rd of their estate lies in
National Parks or AONB
• Provide recreation, conservation,
manages tree operations
• Harvests 4 million tonnes of
wood per year
Scottish Wildlife Trust
• Manages 150 wildlife reserves
• 100 staff with over 1000 volunteers
Wildfowl and
Wetlands Trust
• Conservation charity saving wetlands
• 9 Wetland Centres, in the UK
• 350 staff, 700 volunteers,
1 million visitors
• Manage 3000 hectares
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Industry News 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
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
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
Countryside and Wildlife