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Action plan details - Biodiversity Action Plan for Gloucestershire

  

HAP Woodlands
Plan status: Implementation underway

Vision statement
To gain a better understanding of the biodiversity of Gloucestershire’s woodlands.
To maintain and enhance the existing ancient semi-natural woodland resource.
To restore ancient woodland sites to ancient semi-natural woodland.
To expand and link ancient semi-natural woodland through the creation of new native woodlands .
To enhance the biodiversity of recent woodlands.
To raise awareness and understanding in respect of the biodiversity value of woodlands.

Targets
Code Text Status Assessment date Latest progress report  
W 4.1 Complete any outstanding survey work by 2003 Progress unknown 28/01/2010 No report More >
W 4.2 Initiate measures intended to achieve favourable condition of 100% of ASNW within SSSIs and SACs, and in 80% of the total resource by 2004 and achieve favourable condition over 70% of the designated sites and 50% of the total resource by 2010. Target not achieved 28/01/2010 The condition assessment for Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland SSSI is as follows;
Favourable - 870.51ha
Unfavourable recovering - 58.38 ha
Unfavourable no change - 209.26 ha
Unfavourable declining - 58.38 ha
Information on Broadleaved, Mixed and Yew Woodland KWS is as follows;
achieving condition/recovering condition - 5296 ha
unknown/unfavourable condition - 3192 ha
Wet woodland KWS are as follows;
achieving condition/recovering condition - 6.8 ha
unknown/unfavourable condition - 58.2 ha















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W 4.3.1 An aspirational target for the restoration of 10% of Ancient Woodland Sites equates to 1020ha across the whole county (Split according to Natural Areas: Cotswolds 220ha; Severn and Avon Vales 20ha; Dean Plateau and Wye Valley 780ha). To be targeted on Ancient Woodland Sites. Progress unknown 28/01/2010 No report More >
W 4.3.2 500ha of woodlands restored by 2015 No report No report No report More >
w 4.4.1 An aspirational target for a 10% increase in native woodland, through natural regeneration or planting, across the whole county equates to approximately 1750ha. Expansion should be carefully targeted with the emphasis on linking and buffering existing ancient woodlands in order to reduce woodland fragmentation. Progress unknown 28/01/2010 No report More >
W 4.4.2 360ha of new native woodland by 2015

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Actions
Code Text Start/End date Contacts
(lead shown bold)		 Status  
W 5.1.1 Review targeting of incentives (e.g. WGS) and formulate priorities. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2002 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.1.2 Where appropriate, designate woodland sites as SSSIs. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.1.3 Seek the inclusion of policies within Structure Plans, Local Plans, Waste Local Plans and Minerals Plans that ensure new development does not have an adverse effect on the nature conservation value of woodland. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Completed More >
W 5.1.4 Support and seek to initiate woodland projects which meet biodiversity targets and bring more woodlands into appropriate management 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.1.5 Support projects which promote local wood for local markets (e.g. the Touchwood Project) to encourage reinstatement of more viable woodland management 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.1.6 Support the production and review of woodland guidelines, e.g. Wye Valley and Cotswolds AONB. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.2.2 Encourage the preparation and revision of management plans for ancient woodlands. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.2.3 Encourage owners and managers to bring ASNW into appropriate management, through for example the removal and control of populations of invasive or damaging species and the re-instatement of the appropriate management regimes 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.2.4 Encourage and promote the restoration of AWS to ASNW through, for example the removal of exotic species and by encouraging natural regeneration or planting where appropriate. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.2.5 Encourage the creation of interim dead wood habitats and initiate the next generation of dead wood habitats. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.2.6 Promote the creation of new woodlands which link and buffer existing ASNW by encouraging natural regeneration or planting where appropriate. These new sites will need to be carefully selected and will follow desk study (see 5.4.4). 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.2.8 Seek to encourage and initiate projects for local nurseries to provide local local/native stock for restocking/linkage/expansion schemes where natural regeneration is not a viable option. 01/01/2003 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
W 5.2.9 Encourage effective deer management through initiation and support of deer management groups (to allow natural regeneration and prevent damage to ground flora). 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.3.1 Contact ancient woodland owners and managers to promote survey and appropriate management of ASNW. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
W 5.3.2 Provide practical and professional advice to the owners and managers of woodlands. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
W 5.3.3 Disseminate (and if necessary) produce management guidelines to woodland owners and managers (e.g. attracting wildlife to small woods, improving the biodiversity of recent woodlands) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
W 5.3.4 Produce and disseminate an list of woodland consultants, contractors and other tree work specialists specialising in woodland biodiversity work (to be regularly updated) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.3.5 Promote the retention and management of old and dead trees and other dead wood habitats where it is safe to do so, through leaflets and advisory work. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.1 Complete Ancient Woodlands inventory by assessing ASNW, AWS and recent woodlands in the Forest of Dean 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Unknown More >
W 5.4.2 Study to identify suitable areas for woodland expansion which link and buffer ancient woodlands 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.3 Survey woodlands to assess their condition using nationally agreed methodology (being developed by EN) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.4 Undertake review of dead wood and veteran tree resource 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.5 When undertaking/planning management, take into account, wherever possible, the needs of woodland priority species. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.6 Wherever possible, pass biological records to GEDU 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.7 Set up a monitoring system to measure benefits to woodland biodiversity through the WGS 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.4.8 Research and collate information on markets for timber and other woodland produce to assist woodland owners with sales and make management more viable (Touchwood) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.5.1 Organise and hold woodland management demonstrations and talks with a biodiversity theme 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
W 5.5.2 Encourage communication between woodland owners and managers to aid financial viability of woodland operations (e.g. machinery sharing, joint contracts etc) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.5.3 Seek to inform the process of new designation of woodland SSSIs and the integration of site management statements with the Woodland Grant Scheme 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.5.4 Foster a wider understanding of the need to manage woodlands for biodiversity through education and publicity 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
W 5.5.5 Promote a campaign for locally produced wood products in partnership with other projects (eg Touchwood) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >


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