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"Projects such as this one are vital
in reversing these declines, through
engagement, education and practical
conservation. Working with Yorkshire
Water on their sites is a great oppor-
tunity to protect and create pollina-
tor habitat as part of a wider network,
making a real di• erence for pollinators
locally."
Potential expansion
Aston adds that while the Bee Together
project has been driven by the importance
of increasing pollinator habitats to bene• t
native insects, it also encourages the • rm's
customers, sta• and volunteers engage with
nature locally.
He also explains that Yorkshire Water's
move to six capitals accounting – cover-
ing natural, social, human, manufactured,
intellectual and • nancial capital – and new
land strategies helped identify the impor-
tance of delivering sustainable projects that
strengthen the landscape in which they
operate. "An approach from YDMT proved to
be an ideal way of delivering this," he says.
"As such, we are open to expanding the
programme if the work continues to succeed
and monitoring is showing a bene• t to cus-
tomers and the environment. Our role is just
one player in a much larger landscape scale
programme of conservation being delivered
by a variety of groups across Yorkshire."
According to Aston, the YDMT has also
been able to train volunteers from Yorkshire
Water in pollinator identi• cation and man-
agement, and ensure that seed funding is
used appropriately to help create new and
lasting habitat.
"The engagement and social bene• ts are
happening already," he says. "Pollinator
habitat creation will see a bene• t next year
and di• erences will continue to be moni-
tored into the future."
Stuart Stone, Innovate editor
Yorkshire Water is helping to fund
the Bee Together wilding project.
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