12 Appendices - South Yorkshire Forest Partnership

THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGYCreating & Improving Our Green NetworkAppendices 79GI Objectives Economy Climate Change Community BiodiversityLandscape Characterand HeritageImproving the look andfeel of town centresthrough strategic“greening”.Build on the localcharacter and richindustrial heritage withmany listed structuresand unique transportfeatures to developunique draw tor SY.Selling SY’s “green”attitude to planning bybringing open space intocities.Work to restore andcreate habitat whichenhance landscapecharacter.Conserving andprotecting remainingindustrial heritagealongside development,to provide context tofuture generations.Work to secure no netloss of biodiversity and areturn to (proposed) preindustriallevels of healthfor wildlife.Enhance existingpatterns of woodlandcover, and look torestore and createmeadows and wethabitats e.g. wetwoodland along theDearne Valley.MaintenanceInvolve private sector.Develop businessmodels for managinggreen space.Build in resilience andplan for the future.Maintain assets to servemultiple purposes formultiple benefits.Engage communities inmaintaining their ownplaces.Ensure habitats do notbecome degraded; workto protect and enhancethem.PartnershipsFollow example setby international bestpractices for partnershipworking across the subregion– e.g. EmscherLandscape Park in theRuhr region of Germany.Be strategic in responseto climate change.Sell GI to neighbourhoodforums to get theirvalidation for, andinvolvement in, projects.Make GI a keyconsiderationin developmentdiscussions and broaderplanning processes.Advocate and spreadthe word.PermacultureEncourage a sustainablecommunity with someelements of subsistenceindependent frommoney.Safeguard allotment landfrom development forbenefits to permeableland (absorb surfacewater) and urbanclimate.SY is a rural sub-region,raise awareness oflocal, seasonal foodto reconnect urbandwellers with theircountryside.Safeguard allotmentland from developmentfor benefits to “garden”wildlife.River CatchmentManagementCreate best practice inmanaging rivers withinan urban setting.Acknowledge theimportant role of theinternal drainage boardsand work in partnershipto manage water(towards the east of thesub-region).Create additional shadein the landscape tocombat “urban heatisland” through tree andwoodland planting.Favour pollutionabsorbing types oftrees (e.g. Platanus× hispanica).Favour species whichwill withstand futureinundation and heat.Improve children’srespiratory health byimproving air quality.Give “ownership”of urban treesthrough sponsorshipprogramme.Maintain the networkof habitats for flyinginsects, bats and birdsby creating corridorsand avenues.Plant mature trees incontinuous tree pits anduse root directors etc.to maintain tree health.