Amanda Anderson Director of the Moorland Association

Outdoor Lives by Mike Raine

Amanda Anderson is the Director of the Moorland Association.

Amanda steers the Moorland Association’s management of heather moorland, boosting populations of important birds, animals and plants. She liaises with Government and key national bodies.

With a master’s degree in aquaculture, honours’ degree in zoology, plus a further degree in post-16 education, sha has also worked in marketing and communications, working with leading countryside agencies, companies and estates.

Moorland Association members are responsible for over a million acres of the moorlands of England and Wales. This includes 860,000 acres of upland heather representing almost all of this precious habitat south of the Scottish Border. The Moorland Association was set up in 1986 to tackle serious declines in the treasured landscapes, dating back to the Second World War.