Burnham Beeches Management Plan 2010 - the City of London ...
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Target:<br />
reduce any<br />
negative<br />
impacts <strong>of</strong><br />
wood ants as<br />
far as<br />
possible.<br />
Achieved by:<br />
evaluating<br />
<strong>the</strong> impact <strong>of</strong><br />
wood ants on<br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r wildlife at <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong> and<br />
carrying out any recommended actions.<br />
Target: avoid damage to key species and<br />
recording plots.<br />
Achieved by: maintaining up to date<br />
operational maps to inform practical work<br />
featuring key monitoring points (such as<br />
lichen quadrat locations) as well as static<br />
rare species and broader areas <strong>of</strong> interest.<br />
Target: keep abreast <strong>of</strong> climate change<br />
issues and impacts on <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong>,<br />
mitigate or adapt where possible.<br />
Achieved by: keeping a watching brief on<br />
work carried out elsewhere, including <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>London</strong> Climate Change Adaption<br />
<strong>Plan</strong>; commissioning any relevant projects<br />
and experiments relating to <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong>.<br />
4.1.9 Buffer land<br />
Buffering can help reduce <strong>the</strong> impacts <strong>of</strong><br />
landscape fragmentation. This may be achieved<br />
by acquiring land on <strong>the</strong> fringes <strong>of</strong> <strong>Burnham</strong><br />
<strong>Beeches</strong> (and which also may be used in o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
ways, such as layback land for grazing animals)<br />
or influencing neighbouring landowners to<br />
manage <strong>the</strong>ir land with nature conservation<br />
objectives in mind.<br />
It is also important to continue and streng<strong>the</strong>n<br />
<strong>the</strong> close dialogue with planning authorities and<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r bodies whose decisions might have an<br />
impact upon <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong><br />
4 objectives & actions - Conservation<br />
Target: comment on local planning issues<br />
that have <strong>the</strong> potential to negatively affect<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong> and encourage those that<br />
reduce <strong>the</strong> fragmentation <strong>of</strong> green spaces<br />
around <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong>.<br />
Achieved by: monitoring and responding to<br />
all planning applications that might have an<br />
impact upon <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong>, ei<strong>the</strong>r alone<br />
or in combination and seeking decisions that<br />
secure <strong>the</strong> long term vision for <strong>Burnham</strong><br />
<strong>Beeches</strong>; contributing actively to <strong>the</strong> local<br />
Core Strategy and similar documents; taking<br />
every realistic opportunity to help create<br />
buffers for <strong>Burnham</strong> <strong>Beeches</strong>.<br />
Target: work with partners towards a<br />
network <strong>of</strong> green spaces linking <strong>Burnham</strong><br />
<strong>Beeches</strong> to <strong>the</strong> wider countryside.<br />
Achieved by: working with o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
organisations.<br />
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