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- Rich in vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens.
- Unusual combinations of plants.
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Examples of action required when Key Habitat is close
to proposed mineral working site |
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If limestone pavements are within an area or adjacent to an area of excavation, care should be taken to ensure that the habitat is maintained, and that where left in isolated areas there is a sufficient margin to ensure both landscape integration and habitat conservation.
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| Opportunities during extraction |
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Limestone pavements are a scarce and non-renewable resource which cannot be re-created.
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| Opportunities for action before and after extraction |
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- Limestone pavements are a geological feature incapable of reconstruction on fresh exposed limestone, and therefore should not be worked.
- Any re-instatement of surrounding land should reflect and complement the geological and habitat value of the resource.
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