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- ↑ News Archive
- ↑ "Tor Lawrence is appointed Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ “British Wildlife and Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation Measures on Specific Sites
- ↑ Event – Case Studies of Adaptation and Mitigation Measures on Specific Sites on Nature Network
- ↑ Forestry Commission – Regional Forestry and Woodlands Conference Archived 2008-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "New Page 1". www.knepp.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.
- ↑ BBC – Radio 4 – Shared Earth