Biodiversity Action Planning
The UK government aims to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) sets out how this ambitious target will be delivered. UKBAP identifies our important habitats and species and produces an action plan for each. In simple terms, action plans;
• set targets for how habitats and species populations can be maintained, improved and expanded,
• record what is being done to achieve targets to monitor progress,
• most importantly, identify what isn’t being done so we can set up partnerships and projects to deliver it.

In Sussex, national targets have been adapted to a local level by the Sussex Biodiversity Partnership to produce a county Biodiversity Action Plan.

For more information please visit the Sussex Biodiversity Partnership website biodiversitysussex.org

Ancient woodland is a BAP priority habitat. Photo by David Plummer