Additional Resources and Information

Additional Resources and Information

National Initiatives

• England Woodland Creation Offer
• Nature for Climate Peatland scheme
• Nature Networks for Practitioners (Natural England)
• Nature Networks Evidence Handbook
• The Lawton report on making space for nature with details of Bigger, better, more and connected habitats
• Free online resources include the NBN Atlas and the Magic Map
• Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme
• Carbon Offsetting
• DEFRA – Plant for our Planet – Partner Toolkit
• Forest Research – Responding to the climate emergency with new trees and woodlands
• Royal Forestry Society / Forestry Commission – Managing for resilience: Ten case studies
• Natural England – Biodiversity Net Gain
• Hampshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)
• Sussex Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)

South Downs National Park

• South Downs Landscape Character assessment
• The People and Nature Network (PANN) provides the evidence base for the social element and identifies broad investment areas
• The South Downs Trust has various grant schemes
• Climate Change Action Plan:
  • SDNPA Climate Change Strategy
  • SDNPA Climate Change Action Plan
  • Delivering ‘Net Zero’ for nature
• Assessment and recommendations on greenhouse gas emissions in the South Downs National Park

Biodiversity Net Gain

• Defra Consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and implementation
• Biodiversity net gain – Land Manager Guidance
• How to Sell biodiversity units as a land manager
• Combining environmental payments: biodiversity net gain (BNG) and nutrient mitigation
• Understanding biodiversity net gain

Information on Specific Habitats

For information on hedgerows, tree planting, woodland planting and community woodlands

• The Woodland Trust did a soft relaunch last month of the Woodland Trust Woodland Carbon offer to landowners and to businesses. Here are the 2 separate webpages for your awareness:
  • Woodland Carbon: Farmers and Landowners – Woodland Trust
  • Woodland Carbon for Businesses – Woodland Trust
  • Tree Species Handbook – Woodland Trust
• The Tree Council | Working together for the love of trees
• Hedgerow survey handbook
• Tree preservation orders and trees in conservation areas
• Advice on veteran trees:
  • Veteran Trees: A guide to good management
  • What is a veteran tree? – Ancient Tree Inventory
• Responding to the climate emergency with new trees and woodlands – Forestry Commission
• Forestry Commission: Priority Open Habitats and Woodland Creation
• A new UK-wide guide outlining how our forests and woodlands can reduce the damaging effects and financial impact of flooding on vulnerable communities was published earlier this week by the Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Forestry and Northern Ireland Forest Service. You can download the guide from the FR website.
• The benefits of woodland creation
• Sussex Nature Partnership – National Tree Week 2022 Seminars

Restoring rivers and wetland habitats

• The River Restoration Centre – Manual of River Restoration Techniques
• Floodplain Measures Partnership – floodplain restoration
• Sussex Wildlife Trust – Wet Woodlands
• Sussex Wildlife Trust – creating and managing reedbeds
• The Aquifer Partnership – Resources
• Rivers Trusts and Catchment Partnerships in the South Downs National Park

Natural Flood Management

• South Downs National Park Authority – Natural Flood Management Measures

Pond Creation and Management

• Freshwater Habitats Trust
• Froglife

Meadows and Pollinators

• Magnificent Meadows – Advice & Guidance
• Natural England – How to create a wildflower meadow
• RSPB – Conservation Land Management Advice
• B-Lines | Buglife – information on pollinators

Farmland

• RSPB – Managing Habitats For Wildlife | Advice For Farmers
• RSPB – Farming and Conservation | Advice for Farmers
• The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group

Advice on Invasive non-native species

• GB non-native species secretariat

Advice on Wildlife in Your Garden and Local Community

• Woodland Trust – The Street Trees project
• Buglife – Gardening for Bugs
• National Trust – Nine ways to build a wildlife friendly garden
• RSPB – Gardening For Wildlife

Advice on Rain Gardens

• Rain Garden guidance

Advice on Allotments

• The National Allotment Society – Wildlife and allotments

Churchyards

• Caring for God’s Acre
• Bats In Churches

Schools

• RHS Campaign for School Gardening
• Wildlife Trusts – How to help wildlife at school
• Outdoor Learning ideas

Orchards

• People’s Trust for Endangered Species – protecting orchards

Road Verges

• Road Verge Campaign

Animal Homes

Build a bird, bat or hedgehog box, make a home for bees:

• RSPB – Build a bird box
• The Wildlife Trusts – How to build a bat box
• Building for Bees | Buglife
• BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine – How To Make a Hedgehog House

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