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Explore strategies to enhance biodiversity at a hypothetical site through habitat improvement, connectivity enhancement, and green infrastructure. Long-term management considerations and monitoring for a net gain in biodiversity are examined.
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Delivering the BAP through planning Heather Ball BAP Coordinator
Hypothetical site • Existing assets • Survey of site • Desk study Historical records of water voles on stream Remnants of lowland Meadow (LWS) Semi-natural broadleaf woodland Non-native plantation
Hypothetical site • Opportunities • for existing assets Improve habitat for water voles Restore lowland meadow Maintain broadleaf woodland Restore plantation to semi-natural woodland
Hypothetical site SUDS? • Opportunities • for connectivity • Green infrastructure Create lowland meadow corridor Create hedgerow linkages Create new woodland Wildflower verges?
Hypothetical site • Net Gain in Biodiversity • losses? • gains? • Locking out future potential? • LONG TERM MANAGEMENT • Monitoring • Conditions • S106?