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names including Sites of Nature Conservation interest (SNCI) or County Wildlife Sites (CWS). Here is County Durham the term has been altered in agreement with the Biodiversity Partnership and Durham Wildlife Trust to Local Wildlife Site (LWS). LWS make a vital contribution to delivering UK and Local Biodiversity and Geodiversity Action Plan targets (see www.ukbap.org.uk). LWS provide wildlife refuges for most of the UK’s fauna and flora, and through their connecting and buffering qualities complement nationally (SSSIs) and internationally designated sites e.g. Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs). They represent extensive areas of wildlife habitat essential to sustaining populations of rare and declining species within the wider landscape. The indicator measures the performance of LAs for biodiversity by assessing the implementation of positive conservation management of LWS. The indicator relates to the influence LAs have on LWS systems and the measures and procedures involved in ensuring effective conservation management is introduced to, and acted upon, by Local Wildlife Site owners and managers. To meet the biodiversity duty under Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act (NERC) 2006 forward LAs will need to incorporate biodiversity consideration into authority services and functions, and demonstrate achievements. Indicators, along with biodiversity reporting and other monitoring mechanisms, provide a way of indicating these achievements. The biodiversity indicator is an efficient way for LAs to show that they are taking biodiversity into consideration, particularly as Defra will be reviewing the impact of the biodiversity duty in 2009. Page 21 4/15/2009
2.3 Regional Policy Context • A Biodiversity Audit for the North East & Biodiversity Indicators and Targets for the North East of England, North East Biodiversity Forum, (2004). While not a policy document the audit is the first comprehensive review of both UK BAP habitats and species and regionally important wildlife, flora and fauna in the North East. The associated document has targets to enhance and protect the habitats and species identified in the initial document. • ‘Trees, Woodlands, Forests and People’, The Regional Forest Strategy for the North East of England, GONE, (2005). The Regional Forestry Strategy sets out the role our trees, woodland and forests will have over the next twenty years and beyond in making the region a better place for us all to live, work, visit and do business. The Strategy provides a framework for trees, woodlands and forests to play an increasingly significant role in securing and enhancing the quality of life for everyone in the North East. The Strategy has been structured around four interrelated objectives, and maps out how the range of activities carried out by the forestry sector relate to and can contribute to the delivery of these key regional outcomes. The four objectives are: Economic Regeneration and Growth; Social and Communities; Environment and Natural Resources and Implementation and Leadership. The social and communities objectives highlights how woodland and forests can help create sustainable communities by expanding the countryside into towns and cities, improve the quality of life by increasing peoples use and enjoyment of trees and woodlands particularly in areas which have suffered from the environmental legacy of mining and other industries and improve health of local communities. The environmental and natural resources objective highlights how through appropriate expansion, re-design and better management woodlands and forests can help improve the state of the environment in the North East and help provide an effective response to climate change including carbon capture and mitigating the adverse effects of climate change such as lowering peak flows in rivers and so reducing flooding. • Great North Forest Plan, North East Community Forests, (1993). The Great North Forest Plan was approved by the Secretary of State for the Environment in 1992. It covers 62 sq miles of urban fringe countryside in south Tyne & Wear and the north-east of County Durham. The objectives of the plan include identifying strategies and proposals to create a community forest through the delivery of 4,000 ha of new woodland in order to complement the existing 1000 ha already in the area, (position at 1993). The planning system is identified as a key mechanism to deliver the aspirations of the Great North Forest Plan. The plan includes a number of aims relating to agriculture, forestry, nature conservation, sport and recreation, archaeology and history, community Page 22 4/15/2009 Link with Open Space, Recreation, Leisure and Play Technical Paper (No.5)
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Page 35 and 36: Biosphere Reserve Biosphere reserve
Page 37 and 38: Conditions of SSSIs in County Durha
Page 39 and 40: OTHER CONSERVATION AREAS AND HABITA
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Page 69 and 70: APPENDIX A DESIGNATIONS BY CHARACTE
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North Pennines AONB Haswell Wood, S
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Killhope Wheel Leadmining Centre Gr
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Tees Lowlands SSSI Ambling Gate Ban
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West Durham Coalfield AONB Willingt
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Bedburn Beck and Adder Wood Crakehi
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form of H12 Calluna vulgaris - Vacc
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peat displays the full range of fea
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North Pennine Moors 103,109.42 (cov
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Special Protection Area: Name Area
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APPENDIX C: SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENT
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UNFAVOURABLE inappropriate wetland
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Fairy Holes Cave 213.39019563043900
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grazing and juniper wood to limesto
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APPENDIX F: LOCAL WILDLIFE SITES (L
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Derwentside Broomhill Dene 1.32 Sep
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Chester-lestreetChester-le- Waldrid
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Wear Valley Flylands' River Gaunles
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Durham Finchale Priory Woods 4.5 Ja
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Durham The Scrambles 4.42 1995 Mead
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Easington Slingley Pond 5.29 June 1
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Teesdale Railway, Bluestone Grange
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Teesdale Cragg Wood, Evenwood 6.43
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Sedgefield Eden Grange Pond Mainsfo
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13 Gaunless River, East Bank Wear V
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59 Teesdale Cave (Moking Hurth Cave
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APPENDIX H: Summary of protection a
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APPENDIX I: HABITATS AND COUNTY SPE
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Dark green fritillary Dingy skipper
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Biodiversity and the Built Environm
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