Kent Biodiversity Action Plan

1
Kent Biodiversity Action Plan

• Partial Review

2
UK HAP review

• Maintaining extent no reduction in area of BAP
  habitat
• Achieving condition maintain and/or improve the
  condition of existing BAP habitat
• Restoration improve the condition of relict or
  degraded habitat
• Expansion increase the extent of BAP habitat
• New target types
• Need to nest within regional targets

3
Climate Change Adaptation

• Enhancement and reconnection of wildlife habitats
  at a landscape scale
• Securing the positive nature conservation
  management of designated sites (including Sites
  of Special Scientific Interest, Local Wildlife
  Sites and Local Nature Reserves).
• Development of spatial targets for large-scale
  habitat restoration.
• Sustainable development
• Encouraging the setting of strong local
  development policy, including measures to avoid
  loss and fragmentation of wildlife habitats and
  disturbance to sensitive wildlife habitats and
  sites.

4
Securing better buy-in

• Tie KBAP targets into the Kent Agreement
• Measurable increase in extent and measurable
  decrease in fragmentation of UK BAP priority
  habitats. Target X increase in extent and Y
  decrease in fragmentation compared with Kent
  Habitat Survey 2003. Lead Kent Biodiversity
  Partnership. Integrate KBAP targets with LPA
  aspirations
• Integrate KBAP targets with LPA aspirations
• Ensure what we report helps LPAs report

5
Ease of reporting

• Speed and ease of reporting via BARS
• Ensuring contribution to UK targets can be easily
  assessed.

6
and not least

• Meeting our own aspirations