Ecological Audit

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The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site is a Serial Property (or Site) comprising ten separate Areas, each with distinctive characteristics. These Areas have much in common however, being inscribed (i.e., designated) for the various landscape features that resulted from past hard-rock mining. 

These landscape features are described as ‘Attributes’ and individually and collectively these express the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), or international importance, of the World Heritage Site (WHS). There are seven Attribute types within the WHS, all of which can support nature in one form or another.

The Ecological Audit explores the potential role of both the Attributes of OUV and the inherent landscape character of the WHS Areas in supporting biodiversity. It identifies the main features that contribute to this and describes some of the likely habitats and species that utilise these ecosystems across the WHS.

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The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Ecological Audit 2026

Ecological Audit Appendices (coming soon)

  • Appendix 2 - WHS Ecological Audit Gazetteer May 2026
  • Appendix 3 - WHS Ecological Audit Gap Analysis March 2026
  • Appendix 4 - Statements of Significance May 2026
  • Appendix 5.1 - Area A1 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.2 - Area A2 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.3 - Area A3 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.4 - Area A4 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.5 - Area A5 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.6 - Area A6 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.7 - Area A7 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.8 - Area A8 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.9 - Area A9 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 5.10 - Area A10 Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 6 - Landscape Change Analysis Ground Truthing
  • Appendix 7.1 - Area A1 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.2 - Area A2 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.3 - Area A3 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.4 - Area A4 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.5 - Area A5 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.6 - Area A6 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.7 - Area A7 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.8 - Area A8 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.9 - Area A9 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 7.10 - Area A10 Landscape Change Map Final March 2026
  • Appendix 8 - Suggested Monitoring Indicators - Final April 2026