Defence
Sanctuary, the MOD flagship conservation magazine covers nature conservation, flora and fauna, historic environment, heritage, landscape protection, energy efficiency, community awareness and access and recreation activities on the defence estate both at home and overseas. It illustrates the MOD’s commitment to conservation projects and how we are undertaking our responsibility for stewardship of the estate in the UK and overseas through our policies and their subsequent implementation.
Sanctuary started life as a newsletter in 1976 to keep the newly formed conservation groups informed of ideas and activities being carried out across the defence estate. This highly regarded publication has evolved into a full colour magazine that plays an important role in our strategy to inform and promote our conservation activities to some 20,000 readers. Published each autumn Sanctuary is a free publication designed for a wide internal and external audience from the general public to the people who work for us or volunteer as members of the MOD Conservation Groups.
We welcome contributions from a wide range of authors – Sanctuary’s uniqueness comes from the variety of authors who range from Military and civilian staff, to conservation group volunteers, to our industry partners, to subject matter experts from external organisations and bodies like English Heritage and Natural England.
Sanctuary Awards
The associated Sanctuary Awards have been running since 1991 and are in recognition of both individual and group efforts for projects on MOD land in the UK & overseas. There are four categories of award: Environmental; Sustainability; Heritage Projects and Individual Contribution, with the coveted Silver Otter Trophy awarded to the overall winner. The winners are presented their awards by Minister Veterans during the annual awards ceremony held each autumn.
Contact Details
If you have an interesting story or idea for the magazine, would like to find out more about the Awards or be added to the distribution please contact the Editor, Clare Backman:
Email DIO-Sanctuary@mod.uk
Tel: 01985 22 2877
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