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Isle of Wight Biosphere

The Isle of Wight received Biosphere reserve status from UNESCO in June 2019.

The Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve is home to 140,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populous island in northern Europe.

The Island is developing eco-tourism and working with universities and institutions to foster environmental innovation and attract new investment, and testing new measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Below are articles which refer to the Biosphere.

6, October 2021·2 min read

Isle of Wight Council sets out its aspirations for the next four years (updated)

The plan features a list of 50 corporate aims which will sit at the very heart of the authority, providing a blueprint for the direction of staff, priorities and core values of the new Alliance Administration

maps of the Isle of wight laid out on table

30, September 2021·3 min read

Island Plan does not adequately protect natural beauty and green spaces from ‘unscrupulous property developers’, say CPRE IW

CPRE, The Countryside Charity, condemns plans to build 7,290 new homes on the Isle of Wight over the next 15 years as undeliverable and a potential threat to our UNESCO Biosphere status

23, August 2021·2 min read

£100,000 funding boost for ‘Creative Biosphere’ Project

The project will see five creative practitioners embedded in schools in Ryde, Ventnor West and Newport

23, April 2021·1 min read

Conservative candidate: Confident of a ‘sound case’ to convince planning committee to reject new Isle of Wight oil well plans

During Earth Week, the Conservative candidate shares her views on plans for exploratory oil wells in Arreton

16, March 2021·2 min read

Isle of Wight pilot verge management scheme aims to protect ‘Nature’s Highways’

The Isle of Wight's verges are effectively mini nature reserves and this new pilot scheme will allow the biodiversity found there to thrive. Details within

Artist impression of Branstone Farm development

8, February 2021·2 min read

Letter: Branstone Farm Development – A Lost Opportunity for Isle of Wight Biosphere

This reader believes the Branstone Farm development is a "20th Century rehash", with a lack of forward thinking. Read how they think it have been developed

27, January 2021·3 min read

Biosphere principles of live, work and play will come to life at Branstone, say council

Nature and sustainability will be at the heart of this flagship regeneration scheme with "genuinely affordable housing", an outdoor education area, new green space, a rural business park area, and a new brewery and visitor centre for Goddard’s Brewery

17, January 2021·2 min read

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