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Posted: 25 May 2007 Pond West Riding

The Environmental Economy of Yorkshire and the Humber 2002       

ERM was appointed to prepare a report examining The Environmental Economy of Yorkshire and the Humber. The aims of the study were to: • Identify and provide a robust quantification and qualification of the contribution of the environment to the regional economy; • Provide an analysis of the trends, drivers and potential for increasing this contribution in the future; and • Identify practical and sustainable actions for achieving future potential.

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Posted: 01 February 2007 Local Sites DEFRA

New Guidance on Local Sites       

Click here to see the Government's guidance on the identification and management of local sites for nature conservation.

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Posted: 01 February 2007 Life Support

Life Support       

Biodiversity is our life support. Read how the Government expects biodiversity to be incorporated into Community Strategies.

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Posted: 31 January 2007 alge

BIODIVERSITY DATA NEEDS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES & NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES       

Click here for more information on how Local Authorities can fulfil their statutory duties regarding the management of biodiversity data.

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Posted: 01 November 2006 pond action

Pond Monitoring Network       

The National Pond Monitoring Network aims to work in partnership to increase the amount of data on the UK's ponds and to make it publicly available.

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Posted: 01 November 2006 Wildlife Trusts

Coalfield Heathland Project - Sheffield Wildlife Trust       

The project will improve lowland heathland through a programme of capital works across 10 heathland sites in South and West Yorkshire. Work includes heather management and seeding, scrub and bracken control and site interpretation.

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Posted: 01 November 2006 RSPB Image

RSPB: The Lower Aire Valley       

This bold and innovative vision for the Lower Aire Valley will see people and wildlife benefit from the restoration and enhancement of thousands of acres of land linking the M1 on the outskirts of Leeds to the A1 outside Castleford.

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PDF Planning for biodiversity: opportunity mapping and habitat networks in practice: a technical guide - English Nature Research Reports 687

PDF Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - This PPS replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 9 (PPG9) on nature conservation

PDF Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - Statutory Obligations and Their Impact Within The Planning System - August 2005

PDF Planning for Biodiversity and Geological Conservation – A Guide to Good Practice - March 2006

PDF Life in the City - Innovative Solutions for Europe's Urban Environment - EU, November 2006

PDF Biodiversity Data Needs for Local Authorities and National Park Authorities - Association of Local Government Ecologists, Nov 2006 

 

 

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The majority of the region's 5 million people live in the towns and cities, yet these urban areas also sustain a surprising variety of wildlife.

As well as towns across the large rural areas of the region such as Scarborough and Harrogate, the larger conurbations of South and West Yorkshire, Hull and York have thriving populations of wildlife within important habitats such as standing open water and canals; rivers and streams; species-rich grasslands; hedgerows; fens and bogs; reedbeds; broadleaved woodland and even coastal saltmarsh.

The region's extensive waterways, in particular, accommodate UK Priority Species such as otters, water voles, white-clawed crayfish and bats, even in urban areas. Towns and cities also support a wide range of birds, butterflies, small mammals and amphibians in urban gardens, parks and landscaped areas and provide an important opportunity for people to get closer to wildlife. Brownfield sites especially can have high biodiversity value.

However, development has the potential to fragment habitats and wildlife corridors, having an adverse impact on the species which depend upon them. Therefore, the effect of development proposals on wildlife and opportunities for habitat creation must be considered at an early stage. The Lower Aire valley wetland project is currently being developed by the RSPB and Leeds City Council on the lower Aire, east of Leeds, is a good example of planning gain, transforming brownfield sites, floodplains and washlands into a regionally important site for wildlife.

 

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