#11: John Muir Trust Wild Places Survey

The John Muir Trust is wanting to hear of your favourite Wild Places. 

These will probably be places without too much of an imprint of humans. This is going to be an important discussion over deciding content and contexts for the new specification and some possible case studies.

The Trust is in its 40th year. 

Some of their additional materials and activities may also prove relevant when it comes to planning for new specification.

They have a survey on their website home page currently.

You will be asked to locate your favourite local wild place, and then a favourite place in the UK.

There is a chance to win some equipment from Mountain Equipment.

The survey page says:

The wild place survey data will help us develop:

• a register of wild places which will list the most important wild places across the four nations of the United Kingdom based on how they provide freedom for nature to flourish, freedom for people to benefit from being in them and freedom for local communities to benefit from them
• recognised standards that will enable land managers of wild places to manage them sensitively and sustainably.

Ultimately we will set up an independent monitoring unit to assess and report on the condition of wild places across the four nations.

Our aim is to demonstrate the positive impact of exemplary land management on these sites and inspire people and communities to benefit from and advocate for them.