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plaNNiNG for Biodiversity
In 1996 Ireland ratified the Convention on Biological
Diversity, an international convention the main aim of which
is to conserve biodiversity resources globally (www.cbd.
int). This convention requires governments to take steps
to halt the loss of biodiversity and to maintain biodiversity
resources for future generations.
One of the main obligations under the convention is
to develop a national biodiversity plan for the conservation
and sustainable use of biological diversity. The first National
Ballybay Central National School, participants in Roscommon County Council’s Tidy Schools Competition.
Biodiversity Plan for Ireland was published in 2002 and the
second plan in 2011 (www.ahg.gov.ie/en/publications/
heritagepublications/Natureconservationpublications).
These five-year plans set out a framework for conserving
biodiversity in Ireland. An action in both plans requires
local authorities to prepare a Local Biodiversity Action Plan
(LBAP) in consultation with relevant stakeholders. Many
local authorities across the country, including Roscommon,
now have LBAPs, which are already making a difference for
biodiversity locally and regionally.
LocaL Biodiversity action PLan (LBaP)
a lBap is a framework for co-ordinating action locally to protect, manage and enhance nature
and wildlife. the process of producing a plan provides an opportunity to identify the special places
for nature and wildlife in an area, and particular species of interest, and to identify projects and
actions that have a benefit for nature, wildlife and the natural environment, and local communities.
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