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Contributing to Local Biodiversity Action Plans

Mineral companies can contribute to the preparation of Local BAPs and to their implementation. Guidance on the preparation of Local BAPs suggests how priorities for action should be set, and whether that action should be on a cash and/or consultation basis.

In accordance with the target-led approach of the BAP process, primary emphasis is given to the criteria used to select national priorities, tackling first the habitats and species which require urgent conservation action.

However, there are two additional considerations when selecting priorities:

• the potential or scale of opportunity which may be available in the plan area to deliver significant conservation gains for key habitats and species;
• opportunities for marketing, education and monitoring of the Local BAP process, in some cases through habitats and species which may be of local importance.

These criteria are particularly relevant to the minerals industries because the size of land holdings potentially enables mineral companies to make a big impact in delivering results and taking part in their wider promotion.

For a review of Local Biodiversity Action Plan initiatives from around the UK, click here.

To see those in the SEEDA region, click here.