The Partnership's Plan - Lake District National Park

3.5 Spectacular landscape – Actions for 2010/11 and 2011/2012
Action
No.
Action How Complete
by
Lead partner Other partners Milestones
19. Strategic activity - Reduce carbon emissions and maximise carbon storage from residents, businesses and visitors
19.56 Set a carbon budget for the
National Park and apply carbon
reduction targets
19.57 Gain expertise on climate
change management
19.58 Help tourism businesses cut
their carbon emissions through
the user friendly information
toolkit
19.59 Provide coordinated information
to visitors on low-carbon
holiday options
19.60 Establish an evidence base for
carbon values of the natural
environment
19.61 Protect and restore existing
blanket bogs and mires
Apply to participate in Local Carbon
Frameworks, a government pilot which
incorporates targets for carbon reduction, a
strategy to achieve carbon reductions and
delivery plan.
Start leadership training on climate change to
lead by example. One member from each
Partnership organisation will be elected to form
an expert group.
Gaining environmental accreditation through
schemes such as the Green Tourism Business
Scheme or Cumbria Business Environment
Network.
Produce an online guide of actions which focus
on interesting low carbon itineraries, green
transport options, letting people know how they
can make their visit as carbon neutral as
possible.
Establish baseline of carbon flows in the
National Park, on land, woodlands, woodland
soils and in the lakes. Use evidence to inform
land management decisions by Partners and
agri-environment and forestry schemes.
Raising awareness of the issues and collection
of data with the help of volunteers.
Restore blanket bogs and mires storing carbon
and improving biodiversity across the National
Park, piloted through a CWT's wetland project
commencing 2011. Examine the capacity and
improve the effectiveness of peat bogs and
drainage systems to slow water transit and
assist with flood prevention.
2015 LDNPA All LDNPP partners,
Defra
2010 LDNPA LDNPP, Business
Taskforce
2010 Cumbria Tourism Small World
Consulting, Carbon
Trust
2011 Cumbria Tourism LDNPA, Nurture
Lakeland, FoLD
2016 LDNPA Earthwatch, Centre
for Ecology and
Hydrology, NE, EA,
FC, FLD, CWT,
RSPB, UU, NT,
UofC, Impact
2014 CWT NT, NE, LDNPA,
ACT
Accepted as pilot for Government's Local
Carbon Framework.
Establish carbon budget for the Lake District
by 2010
Report to the Partnership on key areas for
action in carbon reduction by March 2011
Number of LDNPP organisations completing
leadership training on climate change by the
end of 2010
Launch toolkit and roll out to all tourism
businesses by spring 2011
Guide produced by spring 2011
Baseline of carbon flows in the National Park
established by 2016, together with evidence
for carbon beneficial changes to land
management practices.
200 volunteers involved in fieldwork in 2012.
Carbon Management “Toolkit” produced by
September 2013
280 hectare of bog/mire restored by 2014
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