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Carts Greenspace adopts a Biodiversity Priority Statement

Cotton Grass at Paisley Moss Local Nature Reserve
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This plant of wild remote peat bogs is also found sandwiched between Glasgow Airport and the M8.

 
Carts Greenspace's new Biodiversity Priorities Statement was approved by its Local Area Partnership at its meeting on 7th June 2006.
 
The statement recognises that the Carts Greenspace area contains a surprisingly rich biodiversity but that this resource is under intensifying threats.  It notes that much work is required to protect and enhance this biodiversity and that a number of orgnisations are working towards these goals.  The Greenspace for Communities Initiative clearly establishes enhancing biodiversity as one of its priorities but it is equally clear that Carts Greenspace's small staff resource has to be carefully focussed to ensure that positive results are achieved most effectively.
 
Examining national and local guidance on biodiversity has led to the conclusion that Carts Greenspace should concentrate on three priority themes:
  1. Urban;
  2. Awareness;
  3. Participation.
 
The Biodiversity Priorities Statement concludes by identifying 16 specific tasks for Carts Greenspace to tackle over the next three years.  These include the introduction of a new biodiversity page to this web site, so readers will have to watch this space and see if we can deliver on our commitments!
 
Electronic copies of the document can be made available by contacting Steve Edwards, Project Manager.

Proof that Biodiversity Gardens can work
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Bumblebee foraging on the ornamental thistle, Cirsium rivulare

Bluebells at Rouken Glen Park
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Rouken Glen is one of the sites selected for priority leaflet production in the Awareness Strategy

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