Our Work
What we do
The work of WBP is directed by the Nature Recovery Plan Implementation Group and the associated task and finish groups in addition to other working groups. This is a recent development and builds on previous WBP projects and working groups, a selection of which are listed below.
The Wales Biodiversity Partnership contributes to the delivery of Global, European and national targets for biodiversity and ecosystems. The role of the Wales Biodiversity Partnership focuses on:
- Prioritising and promoting activity to ensure biodiversity conservation (protection, enhancement and restoration) and associated benefits for ecosystem structure and function are planned and delivered at the appropriate scale.
- Developing and communicating the understanding of the dynamic relationship within species, between species and their abiotic environment in order to conserve ecosystem structure and function.
- Providing expertise on the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
- Working with local and regional partners to ensure management of the environment, and of human activity which impacts on the environment, at the appropriate level incorporating local knowledge, innovations and practices.
- Identify evidence requirements and build consensus on priorities to inform the development and delivery of biodiversity conservation and the Ecosystem Approach
River Wye
Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference
An annual two day Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference is held to support, educate and promote biodiversity and ecosystem action in Wales. The conference offers a chance to network, share good practice and keep up to date with the latest developments.
The last conference took place on 19-20 September 2018 at the National Museum of Wales.
Wales Nature Week
WBP coordinates an annual week of events held in June each year celebrating the variety and diversity of our wildlife and habitats.
Events are free and are held all over Wales, enthusing, educating and enabling members of the public to become wildlife guardians on their patch. In 2020, Wales Nature Week will run from 30 May - 7 June.
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Evidence and Research Needs (BEERN) Programme
Project Aims:
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Evidence and Research Needs (BEERN) Programme aims to identify and address biodiversity and ecosystem evidence and research needs that will deliver and impact on Welsh policy and delivery priorities, particularly those set out by the Nature Recovery Action Plan.- Bring together practitioners, policy-makers and academics from across Wales to identify gaps in our evidence base;
- Provide a mechanism and route for translating these gaps into deliverable research projects;
- Prioritise and fund projects according to need (based on policy and delivery priorities)
WBP Biodiversity Funding
WBP have committed substantial amounts of funding on projects directed towards biodiversity action including; provision of wildlife training days hosted by the Welsh LERC's; transfer of biological records (birds, lichens, marine crayfish) from paper format to electronic format where they can be used in planning and policy decisions; leaflets on management for birds, lichens, butterflies; marine crayfish surveys targeted at groups whoose activities affect the success of the species; funding to support wild meadow creation; funding to support the Lichen apprenticeship scheme in Wales; practical habitat management for southern damselfly; supporting butterfly conservation projects. For further details see the funding report link
website by WiSS