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THEMES
| Environment
Key Issue 2:
Better understanding of our landscape and biodiversity and its relevance to our community.
Aim:
To promote better understanding so as to protect and enhance our landscape and biodiversity.
| Objective: |
| To ensure no net loss to the designated landscape and biodiversity baseline indicators in Derwentside. |
| Action |
- Identify and audit key landscapes and biodiversity of Derwentside.
- Designation and appropriate management, with community involvement of
biodiversity resources within the district.
- Engage communities in the management of locally important sites for biodiversity.
- Assess brownfield sites proposed for development for their biodiversity
value.
- Encourage the preparation of biodiversity and landscape management plans, with resources provided for designated
sites.
- Ensure most organisations and community groups recognise the importance of biodiversity.
- Recognise the benefits to health of landscape and biodiversity
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| Lead Partner |
| Derwentside District Council and others |
| Impact by 2010 |
- All designated sites have appropriate management plans and resources,
and that protection of the environment and its biodiversity, are an essential
consideration in any planning and development applications and proposals.
- All fragile species and habitats are identified and protected as appropriate.
- All organisations and community groups will have an active Biodiversity
Strategy and Council development controls will require positive environmental gain in all planning
applications.
- All organisations have adopted sustainability and biodiversity policies.
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| Objective: |
| To develop activities to contribute to delivery of biodiversity action plans. |
| Action |
- Actively share best practice on biodiversity.
- Reduce the negative impacts of new developments on biodiversity.
- Secure positive environmental gain in all major developments.
- Produce a template Biodiversity Strategy for organisations and businesses to adopt.
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| Lead Partner |
| Local Authorities, Groundwork West Durham, Durham Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency. |
| Impact by 2010 |
- All partner organisations to actively promote biodiversity in their work.
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