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Welcome to the West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership Newsletter. In this message:
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New Regional Delivery Plan for Biodiversity Partnership The West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership is preparing a Regional Delivery Plan entitled 'Securing Biodiversity in the West Midlands', following a regional workshop held in September. The Plan draws on a lot of development work undertaken through the Landscapes for Living project, and the development of revised regional habitat targets as part of the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy review. At the workshop the following 18 landscape-scale projects were selected: Princethorpe Woodlands; Lias Grasslands; Tame, Cole & Blythe Rivers; Severn & Avon Vales wetlands; Pastoral Landscapes within Malvern Chase and Forest of Feckenham; SE Wyre Forest/Kidderminster heathlands & acidic grasslands; Black Country Living landscapes; Birmingham Waterways; Brownfield Land Project; Hay to Hereford; Woolhope Dome to Malvern Hills Landscape Link project; Traditional Orchards and Grassland Wildlife Sites Project; Meres & Mosses; Shropshire Hills AONB; Severn River Corridor; Cannock Chase to Sutton Park; Staffordshire Washlands; Staffordshire Moorlands including Weaver Hills. The plan is all part of the new England Biodiversity Strategy Delivery Framework, which seeks to enhance delivery of biodiversity action through better integration of species and habitat work, and through better joined up delivery at a national, regional and local level. For further information on the Regional Delivery Plan please contact Jeff Edwards directly at: jeff.edwards@naturalengland.org.uk Campaign for the Farmed Environment 
The Campaign for the Farmed Environment was designed by the National Farmers Union, the Country Land & Business Association , and industry partners to retain the environmental benefits of set-aside as an alternative to the regulatory route proposed by government. The Campaign advocates that farmers and land managers are best placed to make the decisions about how environmental management options can be incorporated into their farming systems. Key industry stakeholders are united within the Campaign and will work in partnership with conservation organisations and government agencies, in order to deliver advice to land managers about how best they can retain and build upon the environmental management of their farmland whilst maintaining profitable rural businesses. Grant awarded to Butterfly Conservation The SITA Trust Board has awarded £93,450 to Butterfly Conservation for the 'Conserving the Wood White Butterfly' project. The grant, from the Enriching Nature Programme, will be used to maintain and increase populations of the Wood White, a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species, through a programme of conservation management in a network of 6 ecologically-linked, lowland, mixed woodland sites in South Shropshire, a nationally important area for this butterfly. The autumn edition of 'Orchard Matters', the newsletter of the National Trust and Natural England Orchards project, has just been published. To receive a copy of the newsletter, email orchards@nationaltrust.org.uk |
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