Biodiversity Action Plan for the National Cycle Network ... - Sustrans

7. Links with Local Biodiversity Action Plans
7.1 Sustrans will, where possible, develop partnerships to implement local BAP targets,
as well as those set out in this document.
7.2 It is not practical for Sustrans’ NCN BAP to cover every possible species and habitat
found along the Network. To ensure that the targets are achievable and, therefore,
that the BAP can be implemented it has been decided to produce generic action
plans for birds and invertebrates, rather than list actions for individual species. The
BAP also concentrates on those species and habitats most commonly found along its
length, some of which are not a UK priority.
7.3 This does not mean that other species and habitats found along the Network will be
ignored, it simply means that the species and habitats listed will be promoted and
monitored through Sustrans’ on-going programme of works.
7.4 New species and habitat action plans can be added at the five-year review and will
be influenced by changes to the UK BAP as well as new records and information
about biodiversity along the Network.
7.5 When operating on a project, Sustrans will contact the Local Biodiversity Action Plan
co-ordinator for advice and ideas on how the planned works can assist in the
implementation of that particular LBAP. Nature conservation issues will be
incorporated from the earliest stages of project development as part of the decisionmaking
process.
7.6 Sustrans does not manage all the paths that it develops, so the Sustrans NCN BAP
will be used to advise the decision-making process and influence the future
management of paths that make up the NCN.
Sustrans’ Biodiversity Action Plan for the National Cycle Network (December 2007)
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