Advocate Michael Miles has been working closely with Manx Wildlife Trust over the past months on the purchase of a large piece of land in Glen Auldyn. The acquisition, which has more than doubled the Trust’s land, and will be a major rainforest restoration project, and has been made possible by MWT’s partnership with Aviva.
At 1,124 acres this will become the Island’s biggest nature reserve and a “cornerstone of landscape-scale nature recovery in the Isle of Man”.
From the MWT website:
The restoration of this precious habitat is part of a wider programme of nature-based projects funded by Aviva to remove carbon from the atmosphere and to help nature recover.
Restoring Glen Auldyn will:
Create vital habitat for rare and threatened wildlife
Support flood resilience in a high-risk area
Capture carbon to fight climate change
Offer new educational, employment, and volunteering opportunities for local communities
Enhance the Island’s role as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve leader
As well as working alongside MWT on this matter, Michael dedicates his spare time to the charity, frequently volunteering in the Peel shop and at the Ayres Nature Discovery Centre. He commented:
“It has been a great pleasure acting on behalf of the Trust in this significant purchase. I’m really pleased to have helped MWT in this matter.”