BAP in Wales

Purpose: Structuring the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) process in Wales to ensure and enable the delivery of Welsh BAP targets.

To view S42 Habitats & targets in Wales click here
To view S42 Species in Wales & draft targets & actions click here

Introduction

Wales is required to deliver action for priority species and habitats in order to provide resilient, functional ecosystems and meet biodiversity targets including all species and habitats listed for Section 42 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. It aims to build on the strengths of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) process, address some of its weaknesses, in particular by improving the integration of habitat and species-based work, strengthening support for national and local levels of delivery and developing the ecosystem approach.

Future of BAP Mechanism in Wales Framework document Aug 09

Future of BAP Meeting Apr 08

Future of BAP Meeting Jul 08

Also please refer to WBP SG5 Paper 12 for further background information.

Future of BAP Meeting Oct 08

Also please refer to WBP SG6 Paper 2 for further background information.

Future of BAP Meeting Jan 09

Future of BAP Meeting Apr 09

Future of BAP Meeting Action Points Apr 09

Future of BAP Regional Workshops

The feedback from the Regional Future of BAP Seminars has been collated and organised to ensure that key messages are picked up and used to inform the roles and responsibilities section of the New BAP Mechanism Document and help us develop protocols for working between different groups.

The information from questions 1 - 4 has been arranged under headings to aid interpretation and the key messages identified in question 5 have either been allocated to a group/s in the new structure or identified as 1 of 2 cross cutting themes (BARS/Resources).

Workshop questions

Feedback from Workshops

Ecosystem Groups

The nine ecosystem groups will bring together habitat and relevant associated species interests at the Wales level. They will largely be made up of experts from relevant organisations, NGOs and LBAPs, and will be charged with driving the delivery of priority habitat targets including those associated with relevant species by identifying and, where appropriate, carrying out the most important actions required by the group as a whole

Ecosystem  chairs meeting 1

Ecosystem  chairs meeting 2

Summary of species & ecosystem association

Coastal

Click on the link below to view progress of the coastal group

Coastal Group Membership

Coastal Group 1st Meeting

Coastal Group 2nd Meeting Agenda 

Coastal Group 2nd Meeting

Coastal Group 3rd Meeting Agenda

Coastal Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the coastal ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Coastal Resources

Enclosed Farmland

Click on the link below to view progress of the enclosed farmland group

Enclosed Farmland Membership (to follow)

Enclosed Farmland Group 1st Meeting

Enclosed Farmland Group 2nd Meeting

Enclosed Farmland Group 3rd Meeting Agenda

Enclosed Farmland Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the coastal ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Enclosed Farmland Resources

Freshwater

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Freshwater Group Membership (to follow)

Freshwater Group 1st Meeting

Freshwater Group 2nd Meeting (to follow)

Freshwater Group 3rd Meeting

Freshwater Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the coastal ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Freshwater Group Resources

Lowland Grassland and Heathland

Click on the link below to view progress of the grassland group

Lowland Grassland & heathland Group Membership

Lowland grassland & heathland Group 1st Meeting  

Lowland grassland & heathland Group 2nd Meeting 

Lowland grassland & heathland Group 3rd Meeting

Lowland grassland & heathland Group 4th Meeting

Lowland grassland & heathland Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the lowland grassland & heathland ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Lowland grassland & heathland Resources

Marine

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Marine Group membership

Marine Group 1st Meeting

Marine Group 2nd Meeting Agenda

Marine Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the lowland grassland & heathland ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Marine Group Resources 

Upland

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Upland Group Membership

Upland Group 1st meeting

Upland Group 2nd Meeting

Upland Group 3rd Meeting

Upland Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the lowland grassland & heathland ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Upland Group Resources

Urban and Brownfield

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Urban & Brownfield Group membership

Urban & Brownfield Group 1st Meeting

Urban & Brownfield Group 2nd Meeting

Urban & Brownfield Group 3rd Meeting

Urban & Brownfield Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the lowland grassland & heathland ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Urban & Brownfield Group Resources

Wetlands

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Wetlands Group Membership

Wetlands Group 1st Meeting 

Wetlands Group 2nd Meeting 

UK Wetland Habitat Group minutes Nov 09 (draft)

Wetlands Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the wetlands ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Wetland Resources

Woodland

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Woodland Group Membership (to follow)

Woodland Group updates

Woodland Group Resources

This section contains key supporting documentation and resources relating to the remit of the wetlands ecosystem group. Click on the link below to access the resources.

Woodland Group Resources

Policy Group

The Policy Group brings together all the policy actions from the species signposting exercise from the Wales Ecosystem Groups and from the Wales Species Expert Group. The Wales Policy Group will be composed of representatives from the policy sector in Wales, with one or two habitat and species representatives. Focussing all the policy effort through one group will help to overcome one of the main constraints to achieving biodiversity action that was identified in previous BAP reporting rounds. Policy actions from species and habitats can be brigaded into common themes for more efficient implementation and solutions, than if dealt with by each habitat or species group individually.

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Policy Group Membership

Policy Group 1st Meeting

Policy Group 2nd Meeting

Policy Group 3rd Meeting

Policy Group 4th Meeting

Species Expert Group

The Species Expert Group is tasked with preventing the limited number of species experts in Wales and the UK from receiving multiple queries from each habitat group regarding species action. The group will consist of 1 or 2 experts from each broad taxonomic group. They will provide advice in response to queries from habitats groups in relation to habitat management requirements for particular groups or individual species. They will often be able to provide a reference to relevant documentation, help when resolution of conflicting requirements arise and develop or commission guidance where it is missing. The group will be seen as a source of information and a link to relevant UK groups and experts.

Species Expert Group members

Species Expert Group Meeting 1

Species Expert Group Meeting 2

Species Expert Group Meeting 3

Species Lead Partners (Wales & UK) list to follow

Section 42 Species and Habitats - Targets and Actions

Section 42 Habitats of principle importance to Wales

Section 42 Species of principle importance to Wales.

Section 42 Species online identification guide

The Section 42 Species of principle importance to Wales is now available with clickable links to online identification guides. With the range of online guides now available, the species expert group (SEG) decided rather than spending more money on work that had already been done elsewhere, we should draw as many of the available links together as possible. There are still some species for which ID information is not easily available and SEG will look into the need for ID sheets to be developed for these species. Other sites may also be available, so please inform us using “contact us” if any links have been missed and we will update the document.

The new Wales Ecosystem Groups and the Species Lead Partners are currently working on targets and actions for Section 42 species and habitats.

To view the timetable setting out when these will be available 'click here'

Final targets and actions for species will be published on the advice pages of the Species Expert Group section on BARS

Final Targets and actions for habitats will be published on the advice pages of the appropriate Wales Ecosystem Group

Draft Targets and actions for species and habitats will be published on the WBP website along with information on how to get involved in the consultation and by when.

In October the following draft targets and actions were published.

1. Lepidoptera - to view draft targets click here; to view draft actions click here

2. Mammals - to view targets click here; to view actions click here

Actions for Terrestrial mammals in draft format which remain to be confirmed

Wales Mammal Actions - Draft Unconfirmed

3. Original BAP vascular plant species list- to view draft targets list click here; to view draft actions click here

4. 1st phase of the bird species - to follow

5. Amphibians and reptiles - to view draft Amphibian & Reptile SAPS click here  Note: a WBP formatted version will be available in due course.