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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

… 2019-2024 THE BIODIVERSITY & RESILIENCE OF ECOSYSTEMS DUTY S6 ENVIRONMENT (WALES) ACT 2016 2. Legislative Context Environment (Wales) Act 2016 – Section 6 This replaces and strengthens (in Wales) the previous biodiversity duty under Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. Subsection 1: states that all public authorities are required, when…

… Merthyr Tydfil Nature Recovery Action Plan 2019-2024 THE BIODIVERSITY & RESILIENCE OF ECOSYSTEMS DUTY S6 ENVIRONMENT (WALES) ACT 2016 1. Introduction The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Section 6, Subsection 1) introduced an enhanced biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty (the S6 duty) for public authorities in the exercise of their functions in relation to Wales. The S6 duty…

… – public authorities must seek to maintain and enhance biodiversity wherever possible within the proper exercise of their functions and in doing so, seek to promote the resilience of ecosystems. Public authorities must prepare and publish a plan showing how the S6 duty will be fulfilled (the S6 plan). This Merthyr Tydfil Nature Recovery Action Plan (MTNRAP) document prepared by Merthyr Tydfil…

… County Borough Council (MTCBC), replaces the previous Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Action Plan (MTBAP) 2014-2019, and represents the S6 plan for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, in accordance with Welsh Government Guidance: Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Part 1: Guidance for Section 6 – The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty. The MTNRAP, in line with this guidance, sets out the measures…

… undertaking their functions in Wales, to seek to maintain and enhance biodiversity wherever possible within the proper exercise of their functions. In doing so, public authorities must also seek to promote the resilience of ecosystems. Biodiversity (‘biological diversity’) ‘The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat.’ Ecosystem ‘A functioning unit made up…