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"Biodiversity in Wales"

This website is aimed at both practitioners and the public involved in Biodiversity Action across Wales. It will act as a focus point for Welsh biodiversity action, events and general information and will be constantly evolving.

• Get out there and experience the variety of life! To find out about biodiversity events happening in your area visit the events calendar.
• To contact your local Biodiversity partnership, use the map by clicking on ‘local to you’.
• Please browse the resources sections for specific information on schools involvement and projects such as wildlife gardening.

We hope you enjoy this website and please make any comments through the feedback form under the Contact pages.

Living with Mammals Survey

The survey, Living with Mammals, is volunteer-based and runs through April, May and June. Participants are asked to choose a site in the built environment (such as their garden, allotments, a playing field or churchyard) and to record sightings and field signs of mammals for eight or more weeks in the survey period.

This year will be the sixth year that the survey has run and each year we are looking to increase the number of people taking part to get an even more comprehensive picture of the nation's mammal populations.

The project coordinator can provide details or a short article about the survey for a newsletter or send flyers or posters to put in visitor centres.

Contact Hannah Stockwell 020 7498 4533 for more details.

To take part online or to read more about the findings of the survey so far, click on People's Trust for Endangered Species

Shared Earth Trust Conservation Courses

Good quality, low cost courses available at the Shared Earth Trust
Denmark Farm conservation centre in Ceredigion. Courses cover habitat
surveying, higher and lower plant identification, pond creation,
butterfly surveying and many more. See the web site for more details.

Shared Earth Trust training courses

Flora locale Training Programme

The Flora Locale training programme for 2008 is designed for people involved in the design, management and restoration of landscapes for biodiversity in rural and urban settings. In Wales, Flora Locale is working with a range of organisations through the Wild Meadows Wales Initiative. A total of nine courses will be running in Wales during June and July and all Wild Meadow courses are free. Check the website for further details of all courses and course updates: www.wildmeadows.org.ukContact Ivy Berkshire wildmeadows.ivy@googlemail.com, tel: 07912 789003 to book your place on your chosen course.

Habitats and species of principal importance in Wales list published

Following detailed consultation, the Section 42 list of habitats and
species of principal importance in Wales has been signed off by the
Welsh Assembly Government and is now available. The list contains all UK
Biodiversity Action Plan habitats and species known to occur in Wales in
addition to species of particular conservation significance in Wales and
is required by legislation under the NERC Act (2006) Biodiversity Duty.
A note of thanks is extended to all those who took part in the
consultation exercise. A Welsh language version of the list will be
published as soon as it becomes available

Click here to view the Section 42 list

Biodiversity Duty Checklists

Checklists are available to assist all relevant sectors in implementing the NERC Biodiversity Duty. To view the checklists click on this link