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We are raising funds to support our conservation grazing work with Exmoor Ponies across the UK. Exmoor ponies are brilliant at conservation grazing. Very hardy, with an ability to thrive in all sorts of habitats from high moorland to bogs Exmoor Ponies improve environments for wildlife and people.
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Situation
Our work addresses the problem of biodiversity loss, conservation of native UK rare breeds, nature recovery and disconnect with nature. In particular, conservation grazing with Exmoor Ponies is often used in areas where other interventions are difficult, time-consuming or damaging. Remote areas, areas where brown-field or industrial sites are being reclaimed or large areas of wetland, less accessible sites to machinery or where a more natural conservation intervention is required.
Solution
Our solution is to better coordinate, manage and expand the use of Exmoor Ponies in conservation grazing. Recognised by Natural England as the best native pony to use in this regard. Employing them in conservation grazing helps the breed to survive and due to their natural behaviour they offer excellent benefits for nature recovery, scrub management, requiring minimal supervision and care they provide a low-cost, high output to improve biodiversity across habitats, insects, birds and mammals.
