Including 6 closely related terms such as ecological, species, and increase biodiversity.
… and enhance biodiversity, agree policies and specific objectives based on this, and deliver these locally. - Emerging legislation will require councils to request Biodiversity Net Gain on all future developments, ensuring these have an overall positive rather than negative ecological impact. - In Wyre we follow a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) which covers Lancashire, with 47 other LNRS…
… and financial decision-making. 4. Planning Use our planning powers to plan for a low carbon and climate resilient future. 5. Biodiversity Protect and increase biodiversity. 6. Engagement Collaborate, educate and engage with others to take climate action. 7. Waste Reduce waste, support a circular economy and sustainable food production. 8. Adaptation Adapt to our changing…
…, the Environmental Improvement Plan was created to build upon the statutory targets within the Environment Act 2021. This includes a plan on how to best work with landowners, communities and businesses to support nature restoration and reduce pollution. Local legislation: - Local authorities are committed to a statutory Biodiversity Duty, meaning we must consider what we can do to conserve…
… ecosystems. This increases the risk of crop failures within our local farming community, as well as food security from droughts elsewhere across the world where our food is grown and exported, threatening our health and livelihoods. Diseases Global temperature rises will also lead to a shift in biodiversity, allowing invasive species such as mosquitoes to travel further from their native…
…-making to help shape the future they grow up in, is therefore key to this strategy. 18 Ecological emergency Alongside the impacts of climate change, we are also experiencing an ecological emergency, which is intrinsically linked to the climate crisis. The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world and nearly 1 in 6 species are at risk of extinction in Great…