Biodiversity

What is "Biodiversity" ? Why is it important ?

Biodiversity is, all living plants and animals ( including human-kind ), their genetic variation and the ecosystems on which they ( and we ) depend. Biodiversity is everywhere : in gardens, fields, hedgerows, mountains, cliffs and in the sea. Biodiversity is an aspect of quality of life. It gives us pleasure, interest and understanding of our environment.

At a local level, biodiversity is a particularly important component of local distinctiveness. Pembrokeshire is justly famous for its magnificent coast, thronged with birds and in the spring, carpeted with wild flowers, quiet estuaries, steep wooded valleys and wide sweeps of heathland in the Preseli Hills. The sea and sea bed around the Pembrokeshire coast is rich in species, some of which are of considerable economic importance.

The Pembrokeshire Biodiversity Partnership has written a Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP). The broad aim of the Pembrokeshire LBAP is to co-ordinate existing, and initiate and co-ordinate new actions to conserve, enhance and promote biodiversity in Pembrokeshire, taking account of local and national priorities.

In order to write and implement the LBAP several organisations work together through the Pembrokeshire Biodiversity Partnership. We are building on existing partnerships and initiatives and developing new networks and mechanisms to deliver the LBAP. The LBAP is designed as a reference document to aid decisions being made by any land managers to ensure a co-ordinated approach to protecting our locally distinct wildlife.

You can download the LBAP Habitat Action Plans and Species Action Plans from this site.

For more information about biodiversity in Pembrokeshire and other ways to get involved contact:

ID: 4935 Revised: 15/1/2009