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Biodiversity Delivery Duty Plan
Published: 22/09/2017
Nature is our planet鈥檚 life support system, providing our food, water, air,
building materials, medicines and landscape. Biodiversity is the variety of
life on earth and biodiversity loss continues as a direct result of human
impacts, through habitat loss and degradation, over exploitation, pollution,
climate change and invasive non-native species.
天涯社区s鈥� Biodiversity Duty Delivery Plan has been produced
in response to the enhanced biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty
under Section 6 of the Welsh Government鈥檚 Environment (Wales) Act 2016, a
ground breaking new framework of legislation which requires that Public
Authorities must seek to maintain and enhance biodiversity so far as is
consistent with the proper exercise of their functions and in so doing promote
the resilience of ecosystems.
Councillor Carolyn Thomas, Cabinet Member for Countryside, said;
鈥淎ll major threats to biodiversity including over-exploitation, habitat loss,
invasive species, can be addressed by living more sustainably. As a local
authority we have a duty to function sustainability and lead by example when it
comes to protecting and enhancing our natural environment.
鈥溙煅纳缜� like other Local Authorities is under extended and
continued financial pressure, however it is essential that environmental
initiatives are embraced as an opportunity to improve county wide well-being,
resilience and make valuable financial savings.
鈥淭o meet the challenge of reversing the decline in biodiversity it is essential
that we act now and ensure as a local authority we meet the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.鈥�
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet will consider the Biodiversity Delivery
Duty Plan at its meeting on Tuesday, 26 September.