SUSTAINABILITY
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FEATURES<br />
land management allows us to ensure<br />
sustainable military training in places like<br />
Dartmoor, including public access; and<br />
positive social impacts, such as the article<br />
on the disabled ramblers at Castlemartin<br />
in 2007, and kitchen gardens at<br />
Blandford Camp in 2010. More recently,<br />
Sanctuary has reported on activities in<br />
support of the Greening Government<br />
Commitments, and the work of industry<br />
partners in the stewardship of the estate<br />
and sustainable procurement.<br />
2002 Handbook for Sustainability and the Environment<br />
provides MOD with its first sustainability appraisal tool.<br />
2015 version now available © Crown<br />
As the concept of sustainabilit y<br />
has evolved, so did Sanc tuar y from<br />
the origins of traditional nature<br />
conser vation and environmental<br />
management to incorporate the<br />
social and economic pillars of<br />
sustainability; an understanding that<br />
a sustainable MOD is about long<br />
term planning and prudent use of<br />
our resources and assets.<br />
This has been reflected in the increasing<br />
number of sustainability articles,<br />
including the challenges created by<br />
climate change in 2005 and 2008. The<br />
2006 edition reported how integrated<br />
From the first MOD Conservation<br />
offcer, the MOD’s approach has been<br />
with the premise that sustainability<br />
and Defence are not incompatible;<br />
and 40 years of Sanctuary has shown<br />
not just that they are compatible but<br />
that when managed, are mutually<br />
beneficial. The purpose of the MOD is<br />
national defence, and managing social,<br />
economic and environmental issues<br />
and opportunities is an integral part of<br />
sustaining Defence business.<br />
To build on the ongoing stewardship<br />
of the estate, the new Sustainable<br />
MOD Strategy 2015-2025 sets out our<br />
priorities for the next few years. There<br />
will be an additional focus on reducing<br />
our reliance on fossil fuels; adapting<br />
to the effects of climate change;<br />
increasing the sustainability of our<br />
acquisition and infrastructure systems;<br />
improving the effciency of our energy<br />
The MOD Heritage Report © Crown<br />
and water use and the management<br />
of waste; and using information<br />
and communications technology<br />
to enhance Defence working<br />
environments and capabilities.<br />
Sanctuary was initially titled to<br />
highlight the haven that the Defence<br />
estate provided to wildlife, but as<br />
this, and 43 other editions show,<br />
sustainability in the MOD is much,<br />
much more than that.<br />
Pippa Morrison<br />
Sustainable MOD Team<br />
FMC Cap<br />
1981 – cartoon of MOD flora preservation by Mr David Ricks<br />
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Sanctuary 44 • 2015