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Action plan sets out how to restore England’s peatland so they store carbon and deliver other benefits such as water management and wildlife habitat.
The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) was the UK government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The UK was the first country to produce a national Biodiversity Action Plan. It was published in 1994 and created action plans for priority species and habitats in ...
Similarly the list of habitats of principal importance in England also derive from the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Both lists were reviewed in 2007, and the total number of UK BAP habitats increased from 45 to 65, and the number of UK BAP species increased from under 600 to 1,150.
Modern peat works on the Somerset Levels, 2005 . Peat has been extracted from the Somerset Levels in South West England since the area was first drained by the Romans, and continues in the 21st century on an area of less than 0.5% of the total geography.
The advantage of the Levels was that the allowed large-scale reed bed creation at an inland site with a much lower risk of salt-water flooding than the key coastal sites in eastern England. The peat excavations already had bund walls that allowed the water levels on the reserve to be easily managed in sections, and the workings had removed peat ...
This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species. Some suffer because of loss of habitat, but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease. See also the list of extinct animals of the British Isles.
W5 Alnus glutinosa-Carex paniculata woodland is rather local, but widespread but throughout the lowlands of England, and more rare in Wales and Scotland. It occurs on moist, peaty soils, particularly on or around lakes and peat bogs with a fluctuating water level, although it can also be found on neutral to acid mineral soils in suitable locations.
The name Lindow is also used for one of the historic parishes of Wilmslow, and of the adjacent Lindow Moss, much of which is covered in an ancient peat bog. It was at Lindow Moss that a bog body, Lindow Man, was discovered in 1984. Lindow Man is now on display at the British Museum.