Biodiversity Action Plan

Haringey has an amazing variety of wildlife from orchids to kingfishers, weasels to jewel beetles. Many are threatened both locally and in the UK.

Haringey Council’s Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) aims to create, enhance and protect areas for their ecological importance. The plan reflects the structures and priorities of the London Biodiversity Partnership's Plan published in 2000/02 and both national targets and programmes.

It is an action plan that includes existing local policies and actions that contribute to our aim, but importantly it is a programme of new action.

The BAP includes specific plans for species that are rare or of special interest locally. Our aim will be to maintain and where possible increase the population of these species, which include pipistrelles, water vole and otter.

Action plans covering key habitats are also included.  The key to conserving species is to protect and enrich their habitats. Our aim here is to protect irreplaceable habitats such as ancient woodland and where possible increase the area of other habitat types.

We will also develop plans for key sites in the borough. These will help protect and increase out priority species for current and future generations.

Attached Files

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biodiversity action plan.doc	Word	199K

Useful External Links

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• London Biodiversity Partnership
• London website
• English Nature website
• UK Biodiversity Partnership
• British Waterways
• Environment Agency

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