The Carmarthenshire Biodiversity Action Plan has been revised after a period of consultation. The Carmarthenshire LBAP Partnership met in May for a final review session to look at the plans. The new plan (2010–2014) will provide the focus of the Partnership's work for the duration of the plan. The revised action plans are now on this website. If you have any comments please e-mail  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The plans will be entered and reported on in the Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS) website, which is available to all to view.  The website is at http://www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk.  You can look at other county BAPs on this site as well.

Nationally, the Wales Biodiversity Partnership (WBP) has formed 'ecosystems groups' and 'species expert groups' and information/guidance will be fed down to local partnerships which we can consider and incorporate/take on board as necessary. Therefore there may well be further additions and amendments to the plans as we receive this information.

It was agreed that our LBAP review would focus on local, achievable action agreed by the partnership. It would not include action towards habitat targets that is undertaken as part of the statutory organisations 'everyday work', e.g. SSSI management, Tir Gofal, FCW's Better Woodlands for Wales grants, etc. These actions will be entered and reported on separately by those statutory organisations and linked to action plans on the Carmarthenshire LBAP pages on BARS. It is hoped that the plan's actions will be focused and potentially achievable over the duration of the BAP.

As many organisations as possible that work in conservation in the county have been contacted for their input into this process. 

The Wales Biodiversity Partnership (WBP) has drawn up nine habitat groupings and the Carmarthenshire LBAP will follow these groupings. These are:

• Woodland
• Upland Habitats
• Freshwater
• Wetlands
• Farmland
• Lowland Grassland and Heathland
• Brownfield/Urban
• Coastal habitats and species.
• Marine habitats and species.

Species have been grouped in with habitats as far as possible as often the main action to conserve species is achieved through habitat management. However a number of species will have individual action plans:

• tree sparrow
• nightjar
• lapwing
• water vole
• grouped bat plan
• hedgehog
• otter
• dormouse
• red squirrel
• marsh fritillary
• brown hairstreak
• small-flowered catchfly
• deptford pink
• barn owl (local priority).

Habitat actions should look to do one or more of the following:

• maintain the extent of the habitat;
• improve its condition,
• restore the habitat
• expand the habitat. 
• add resilience to climate change
• improve landscape connectivity
   

For species actions should aim to:

• expand the range of the population and/or
• increase the population numbers.

Actions could include survey/monitoring, site management, planning, data collection, raising awareness.

There will be generic action plans for Education and Raising Awareness, Policy and Legislation and Data Collection and Management.

These pages will be updated as the revision proceeds to keep you up to date with the review process

Attachments:

File	File size
Barn Owl	50 Kb
Bat Species	65 Kb
Brown Hairstreak	80 Kb
Brown Hare	54 Kb
Brownfield Habitats	125 Kb
Carmarthenshire dissagregated targets	6 Kb
Coastal	88 Kb
Data Collection & Management	24 Kb
Deptford Pink	97 Kb
Dormouse	61 Kb
Education & Raising Awareness	25 Kb
Hedgehog	112 Kb
Otter	101 Kb
Farmland	79 Kb
Freshwater Habitats	112 Kb
Carmarthenshire Habitat Species Matrix	44 Kb
Herptile	322 Kb
Lapwing	136 Kb
Little Ringed Plover	126 Kb
Lowland Grassland & Heathland	130 Kb
Marine Habitats	46 Kb
Marsh Fritillary	172 Kb
Red Squirrel	34 Kb
Nightjar	188 Kb
Policy & Legislation	26 Kb
Small-flowered Catchfly	65 Kb
Tree Sparrow	67 Kb
Upland Habitats	117 Kb
Water Vole	107 Kb
WBP Habitat Groups of Priority Habitats	6 Kb
Wetlands	101 Kb
Woodland Habitats	144 Kb