We are a small but influential not-for-profit organisation established to be a catalyst for change in the way we manage land and its resources. 

How we work

LandShare translates what is known and thought by scientists and decision-makers into practical solutions; frameworks for action that can be adopted as realistic ways of doing business.  We select concepts that will deliver our aims, we find funding to develop them, we draw together the skills of experts and practitioners, and we share the resulting resources and know-how through events and open-source media.  Spin-off projects, where our work is adapted to specific applications, are carried out on a case-by-case basis.  

Defining features of our approach are:

Making connections.  We know policymakers, farmers, foresters, academics, and communicators.  By putting these people together we generate unexpected and creative results.

Practical Action.  By working closely with partners we make sure that all of our projects are integrated with practical action.  This informs our results, and provides case-studies for others to learn from.

Knowledge transfer.  We translate theory into frameworks for action; communicated through practical information resources, working examples, web-based tools, and through linking people up.

Probability Management.    We’re managing land in an uncertain world.  We aim to explicitly manage the risks and opportunities this brings.  We think this can result in good ethics and good business sense.

TOM CURTIS
(Managing Director) With a background in ecological research, Tom also has extensive professional land managing experience, ranging from ancient woodland restoration, to sheep and arable farming. He is concerned with the connection between people and land - the finite resource on which we all rely for the basics of survival.

MIKE TOWNSEND OBE
(Director) Mike trained and practiced as a forester with both commercial companies and NGOs, in the UK and overseas. He has been, successively, Senior Advisor, Chief Executive and Operations Director of The Woodland Trust. He was awarded the OBE for services to the forest industry.

MARTIN STANLEY
(Chairman) Martin worked in the commercial sector for many years including telecoms, software and publishing. He set up a small charity which supports and works with a number of wildlife conservation and sustainable development projects mainly in Latin America. He also supports UK environmental and education projects related to the environment.

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