This project investigates how palaeoecological archives can be used to inform nature recovery strategies in the Lake District National Park and UNESCO World Heritage site. Focussing on the Lyth and Winster River catchments in the southern part of the Lake District, the project will develop in collaboration with stakeholders seeking to deepen the evidence base for strategies to implement the government’s 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment. An innovative suite of archaeological and palaeoecological methods, including the analysis of soils, pollen, and environmental DNA recovered from dated buried soils, lake sediments, and/or peat sequences, will be used to explore the temporal relationships between past climates, past land-use, and biodiversity.
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