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Why is the Northamptonshire BAP relevant?

Why is the Northamptonshire BAP relevant?. It just is !!!. Carl Simms Senior Environmental Planner Northamptonshire County Council . Where has BAP come from?. June 1992 – Rio Convention on Biological Diversity 1994 – Launch of UK Biodiversity Action Plan

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Why is the Northamptonshire BAP relevant?

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  1. Why is the Northamptonshire BAP relevant? It just is !!! Carl Simms Senior Environmental Planner Northamptonshire County Council

  2. Where has BAP come from? • June 1992 – Rio Convention on Biological Diversity • 1994 – Launch of UK Biodiversity Action Plan • UK Biodiversity Steering Group – priority habitats and species for action • Local BAP - prioritise actions locally

  3. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Habitats Directive 1994. • Protect our most important designated sites, species and habitats • Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 • Better protection of SSSIs and protected species and habitats. Government duty to protect biodiversity

  4. NERC Duty • Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 - raise the profile of biodiversity • “Every public authority must, in exercising its functions, have regard, so far as is consistent with the proper exercise of those functions, to the purpose of conserving biodiversity” • Extends the CROW duty to all public bodies

  5. Who does it apply to • Local authorities – unitary, county, district, metropolitan, parish and town councils • Central Government departments • Departmental executive agencies • Government offices • Non-Ministerial government departments • Non-departmental public bodies • NHS Trusts • Regional assemblies • Utility companies • Police • Fire • Prisons • Museums • Schools • Higher education institutions

  6. PPS 9 & PPS 12 • RSS – include targets for restoration of priority habitats • LDF – consistent with local biodiversity priorities and objectives (the LBAP) • Conserve habitats identified in the CROW Act

  7. Once it has gone its gone • Hard to get it back • LBAP helps identify what is left • Where it can be created and where it can be enhanced • Seek advice if needed

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