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Yorkshire and Humber Biodiversity Strategy
The Yorkshire and Humber Region supports a remarkable wildlife heritage, including many habitats of international importance, however it is greatly reduced from what it once was. We have witnessed catastrophic losses of many habitats and species, for example hay meadows and wetlands, and there is an imperative for the conservation of the remaining resource, alongside the restoration of key habitats and connecting habitat networks.
The launch of the Yorkshire and Humber Biodiversity Strategy is the culmination of a wide-ranging consultation process, which followed on from the regional conference ‘One Living Planet - one Planet Living’. It describes the region’s outstanding biodiversity and the key actions that are needed to conserve and enhance this resource. It also recognises the value of biodiversity to the region’s social and economic sectors and identifies those actions which are required jointly to enhance Yorkshire and Humber’s natural environment. The Strategy is a key document which will provide a framework to guide Biodiversity delivery and conservation in Yorkshire and Humber into the future.
Please download a web friendly version of the strategy below.
Related Documents
Yorkshire and Humber Biodiversity Strategy (January 2009)
The strategy has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Biodiversity Forum (YHBF). It sets a framework for the integration of biodiversity into our policies, programmes and processes, and promotes a more joined up approach to biodiversity.
Keynote - Biodiversity Strategy Launch
Professor Lynn Crowe, Natural England board member.
Press Release - Biodiversity Strategy Launch (Feb 2009)
The importance of our region’s rich and diverse wildlife and its habitats came under the spotlight today as Natural England, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly met with other organisations to launch a visionary new plan.....
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