Welcome to UK Biodiversity Website

Welcome to the UK Biodiversity website, which aims to support the implementation of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and the partnership involved in biodiversity conservation. The six main objectives of the website are:

  • Partnership building
  • Supporting action
  • Direction setting
  • Promoting understanding and engagement
  • Inform of recent developments
  • Communication of best practice

From here you can: Find out about UK biodiversity by accessing the local, species and habitat action plan summaries; look at the contacts list; download reports, guidance notes, news and documents from the library; and explore the factors (keywords) affecting the decline of species or habitats.

The website has been updated with the latest information on Local Biodiversity Action Plans, including some new ones. Click here to view the updated pages.

Let us know what you think and if there is anything you need that you can't locate. Scroll down to find out whats new...
 
   
news…
Wet Woodland © Roger Key, English Nature
© Roger Key, English Nature

 

  • County Flowers - putting wild flowers on the map. Mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee and Click here to vote for a wild flower to represent the county where you live and any that you visit during 2002.
  • An Initial Investigation of the Actual Costs of Implementing UK Biodiversity Action Plans, a new report which provides up-to-date information on the costs of implementing a number of the Tranche 1 UK Biodiversity Action Plans
  • Business and Biodiversity- a website written for organisations to help them understand biodiversity and its impact on buisness. It details how sectors can make a contribution to conserving UK biodiversity.
  • UK Clearing House Mechanisim- (revised October 2001) has useful links to international conventions and information on UK support of the Convention of Biodiversity.
   
recent developments…

Biodiversity Research

The research section of the site has now gone live and includes information on the main cross-cutting research issues affecting biodiversity. See here for more information.

UK plans linked to local plans & vice versa.

Interactive searching to make links between local and national information about species and habitats, contacts and more information.

Turtle Dove © Paul Doherty, RSPB
© Paul Doherty, RSPB
   
coming soon…  
  • Discussion forum - local and national practitioners get online to share ideas, experience and resolve queries.
  • Species and Habitat Action Plans - access progress reports for over 350 species and habitats using the Lead Partner Reporting database
  • UK BAP diary and calendar

Contact

For more information on the UK Biodiversity Action Plan contact:
Biodiversity Policy Unit
Zone 110B,
Temple Quay House,
2 The Square, Temple Quay.
Bristol, BS1 6EB
Tel: +44 (0)117-3728974
Fax: +44 (0)117-3728182
E-mail: ukbg@jncc.gov.uk
   
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