Biodiversity Blueprint

Wildlife is alive and thriving in Taunton Deane.  The new Local Biodiversity Action plan , launched in 2008, along with the countywide Biodiversity strategy 'Wild Somerset' focuses on the following habitats and species identified for special action.

• Woodland
• Calcareous and Neutral grassland
• Heathland
• Purple moorgrass and rush pasture
• Wood white butterfly
• Native wildflowers of arable land

The Somerset Environmental Records Centre (SERC) prepared the first Biodiversity Action Plan for Taunton Deane in July 1999.

SERC has now the  produced the revised Biodiversity Action Plan for 2008 to 2018 for Taunton Deane Borough Council.
The Biodiversity Action Plan , along with the Countywide Biodiversity Strategy, sets out a blueprint for the conservation of biodiversity within the borough.

What is Biodiversity?

Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth, and includes all species of plants and animals and the natural systems that support them.

Local government has a key role to play in conserving biodiversity. This can be achieved: by developing and implementing external and internal policies and strategies; in administering the planning system; in managing land and buildings; in developing infrastructure; in engaging with the public, and by implementing economic, environmental and social programmes.

Related links

Biodiversity Action Plan
Somerset Biodiversity Strategy