Delivering SEBS
Transforming the SEBS vision into reality requires a series of actions, including:
1. Embedding the strategy
Embedding this strategy, at a regional and local level, into strategic documents and plans is essential if the vision is to become reality. We look to all those partners who produce such strategic documents at regional, county, district and parish levels to embed this approach in their strategic, planning and policy documents.
2. Regional action
Targets to maintain, restore and create BAP habitats have been agreed with the local and regional biodiversity partnerships. Regional organisations signing up to the strategy will take responsibility for the delivery of a proportion of these targets in the relevant Biodiversity Opportunity Areas. For the first time we will know what and where we are able to deliver collectively for biodiversity and how much has been achieved annually.
3. Local delivery
Local Biodiversity Action Plan partnerships focusing on delivery in the Biodiversity Opportunity Areas are active in counties across the region. These partnerships include members of key agencies (e.g. Forestry Commission and the Environment Agency), NGOs (e.g. RSPB and Wildlife Trusts), Local Authorities and local people with expert knowledge of specific sites. This combination can focus the mechanisms for delivery, such as the agri-environment schemes or mineral extraction, and the local expertise into key Biodiversity Opportunity Areas.