National Park Biodiversity Action Plan
The National Park Biodiversity Action Plan 2008 – 2011 was developed by a working group of public and voluntary sector organisations involved in conservation and land management in the National Park. It is a collection of practical actions by everyone involved and will help us contribute to longer term ambition to put the National Park at the leading edge of conservation on a grand scale.
It is at the heart of our priority theme of conservation management.
It examines what is happening already, sets out a vision for the next 20 years, then goes on to detail a rolling three-year work programme to improve the key habitats on which many of our most iconic and important species depend. It also includes a small number of work plans for individual species that need action over and above improvements to habitats, such as the water vole, red squirrel, black grouse and capercaillie.
Also built in are actions to development full biodiversity audits, including invasive species, and a programme to investigate ways to cope with the effects of climate change – possibly the biggest single threat.
Following a consultation last autumn, this final plan was approved by the National Park Authority’s Board in December 2008.
Download the National Park Biodiversity Action Plan and associated reports using the links below: