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Action plan details - Sussex BAP
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Coastal Vegetated Shingle |
| Plan status: Implementation underway |
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Vision statement |
| Shingle is an accumulation of pebbles with a diameter between 2-200mm. In Sussex the shingle is composed mainly of flint pebbles derived by marine or glacial erosion of Cretaceous chalk and Tertiary deposits. This action plan aims to maintain and expand the area of coastal vegetated shingle in Sussex. |
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Targets |
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Status |
Assessment date |
Latest progress report |
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| CVS - A |
Maintain total extent of coastal vegetated shingle habitat in Sussex with no net loss, and the structures, sediment and coastal processes that support them. |
No report |
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| CVS - B |
Achieve favourable or recovering condition by appropriate management of 353 ha of coastal vegetated shingle systems currently in unfavourable condition by 2015. |
No report |
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| CVS - C |
Initiate restoration of shingle communities on arable land at Rye and Dungeness over shingle deposits by 2015. |
No report |
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Actions |
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Start/End date |
Contacts
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Status |
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| CVS - 1 |
Maintain total extent of coastal vegetated shingle habitat in Sussex with no net loss, and the structures, sediment and coastal processes that support them. |
01/01/2010 - ongoing |
Sussex Biodiversity Partnership,
West Sussex County Council |
Underway (on schedule) |
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| CVS - 2 |
Achieve favourable or recovering condition by appropriate management of 353 ha of coastal vegetated shingle systems currently in unfavourable condition by 2015. |
01/01/2010 - ongoing |
Sussex Biodiversity Partnership,
West Sussex County Council |
Underway (on schedule) |
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| CVS - 3 |
Initiate restoration of shingle communities on arable land at Rye and Dungeness over shingle deposits by 2015. |
01/01/2010 - ongoing |
Sussex Biodiversity Partnership |
Unknown |
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| SITA |
Employ a project officer to survey condition and extent of vegetated shingle in East Sussex. |
01/08/2007 - 30/06/2009 |
East Sussex County Council,
SITA Trust |
Completed |
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| TAL0042 |
Rye Harbour - A Shingle Community.
Create 5 hectares of reedbed and 50 new islands. This will help to meet Local Biodiversity Action Plan targets for reedbed and species such as Bittern, Water Vole, Medicinal Leech and several other rare and endangered species.
Encourage volunteer participation in management of the Nature Reserve.
Encourage specialist surveys of the shingle flora and fauna.
Extend the LNR program of events and activities, encouraging informal education and recreation.
Develop access for all, especially with tactile and auditory interpretation for the blind and hearing impaired.
Support the Rye Harbour Heritage Group that was recently established to record the rich history of the area. This includes shingle extraction and transport by sea and rail, concrete fabrication, fishing, Martello Towers, Blue Boulders, a Lifeboat Disaster, and war-time memories.
Support a youth project run by the local community, to record the village industrial and social heritage and the experiences of locals who worked in the aggregates industry (by sound recording, written and photographic media).
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19/08/2005 - 31/03/2007 |
Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund,
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve |
Completed |
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