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From Norfolk RCC

WELCOME TO THE SENSE OF PLACE TOOLKIT A Site Map Glossary Index STEP 1: GET ORGANISED Step 1a: Form a Steering Group Step 1b: Tell people what you're up to Step 1c:Explore the options for recording, communicating and sharing Step 1d: Bringing it all together STEP 2: GET TO KNOW YOUR PLACE Step 2a: What's on your patch and why is it important Step 2b: Working with the wider community Step 2c: Drawing it together STEP 3: IDENTIFY ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES Step 3a: Investigate issues, threats and existing efforts to protect and enhance Step 3b: Identify your opportunities Step 3c: Refine your options STEP 4: GET PEOPLE ACTIVE

MAGIC is a web-based interactive map which brings together information on key environmental schemes and designations into one place. It's a partnership project involving six government organisations who have responsibilities for rural policy-making and management, and although it has been designed to meet the needs of the partner organisations, the facility is available to anyone over the Internet.

There's no hiding the fact that there is an awful lot of information on 100 plus designations, classifications, grant scheme areas, habitats, etc. on MAGIC. BUT while you will need a checklist of the relevant ones to find out what you've got in your parish, you really don't need to know everything about all of them - unless you are really interested!

To make life nice and simple, in preparing this toolkit we have organised the things you need to look for into a number of groups. We've also been through the list of possibilities to make sure that there is at least a chance that they'll be on your patch - that means things like 'mountain habitats' have obviously been excluded!

What we are left with is a simple exercise in screening for things on a checklist. The steps are organised as below:

• Introducing MAGIC

• Keeping and Copying Your MAGIC Map
  • Making electronic copies of MAGIC maps
  • Making hard (paper) copies of MAGIC maps

• Transferring Information to a Google Map

• Adding Topics to Create a New Map

• Getting MAGIC to find places for you

• A Guide to the information you need from MAGIC

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