Including the closely related term ecological.
… and some areas in East Dorset are all receiving cut and collect management in urban areas • Space management for biodiversity benefit increased by 350,000m2 through cut and collect programme Encouraging best practice in County Farms • Worked with farms liaison panel to develop draft guidance of county farms • Farming in Protected Landscapes programme, run by Dorset AONB is supporting several…
… to deliver opportunities through the evolving legislative framework for natural environment such as Environment Act and Agriculture Act - in particular development of Local Nature Recovery strategies and net biodiversity gain. • Further explore opportunities to strengthen the strategic links between the climate and ecological stands of this work • Continue to work in partnership to deliver…
… Page | 1 Progress Report – Spring 2022 Page | 2 Page | 3 Introduction This report gives a summary of progress against the Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy (CEES) adopted by Dorset Council in July 2021. The strategy contains over 40 objectives and 190 actions identified over the next…
… account of progress or cover all the work which is happening across the Council but aims to give an overview of some of the areas of work underway and developing over time to deliver the Dorset Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy & Action Plan. Page | 4 Making Dorset Council operations carbon neutral by 2040 In autumn 2021, we…
… to create carbon sinks. Bio-binders offer the potential to reduce embodied carbon levels by up to 20% • Deliver pilot ‘carbon neutral’ highways schemes to challenge the way highway maintenance and construction is conducted Increasing ecological value of roadside verges • Expanded cut and collect to cover more areas of Dorset – now Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck…