Including the closely related term ecological.
… active travel and Electric Vehicles. - Improving management of Council-owned land to support biodiversity and ecological networks, with additional benefits from natural sequestration of carbon. - Increasing renewable energy generation within the Council. - Supporting the green and circular economy, including job creation and upskilling. To view our Climate Emergency Strategy, and to check…
… Our Natural Environment theme centres on supporting biodiversity and ecological networks across the District, as well as the natural sequestration of CO2. It sets out to do this by improving and supporting natural spaces appropriate to the wider landscape to enhance the ecological network, enabling natural carbon sequestration to absorb final Greenhouse Gas emissions that cannot…
… be reduced to net zero, and supporting green infrastructure and biodiversity. At its core, our Natural Environment theme centres on the linkage between improving our natural environment, protecting local biodiversity, and creating carbon capture opportunities (also known as carbon sequestration) through activities such as tree planting. To help categorise our Natural Environment actions we…
… and end of year reporting for each Action Plan is available on the Council’s website. Ref Theme Sub-theme Action Scale Comments 1.1.3 Decision Making NKDC Colleague Knowledge and Awareness Set up and implement structures and mechanisms to promote better staff understanding of the potential ecological and environmental impacts of climate mitigation and adaptation activities. NKDC…
… decarbonising transport within the remit of NKDCs responsibility and/or influence. 6.3.6 Natural Environment Land Use Management and Biodiversity Improvement Develop an approach to biodiversity improvement and awareness, seeking to work particularly with Parish Councils across the District. NKDC A series of biodiversity guidance and information documents have been produced, focusing…