The Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve (PMWR), is the longest established Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve in the UK. As a voluntary reserve its marine wildlife has no legal protection.
Join the East Dorset Rangers and get involved with managing some of their pockets of countryside. The Countryside Action Group meets regularly throughout the autumn, winter and early spring to help with conservation management across the district.
We co-ordinate many projects within Dorset offering a range of projects across the county, including nature conservation activities which anyone can get involved in, and specific projects for different groups in society.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for the UK's general compliance with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention and for nominating sites.
SCOPAC works to promote sustainable shoreline management, and to facilitate
the duties and responsibilities of local authorities and other
organisations managing the coastal zone of central southern England.