Nature-based Solutions & Habitat Management Delivery in Plymouth
PLYMOUTH NATURAL GRID
SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
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• Project summary
• Remit within CaBA
• Methodology & approach
• Partnership working
• Monitoring & evaluation
• Challenges
• Looking forwards
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Introduction
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Project summary
(i) Aims & objectives
Create & restore certain habitats Determine carbon sequestration and storage capacity
(ii) Timeline
Nov 2022 – March 2024
(iii) Funding
Government’s Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change grant
(iv) Partnership
National Trust
Natural England
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Remit within CaBA
Habitat restoration/creation
Floodplain habitat mosaic
Sites
1) SeatonValley
2) Efford Marsh
3) Ham Woods
4) Budshead Wood
5) Radford Woods
6) Newnham Meadows
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Methodology & approach
Management prescriptions
Woodland thinning
Leaky woody structures
Post-assisted log structures
Scrapes
Community engagement
Volunteer days
Events
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Partnership working
Working methodologies
Collaborative working
Shared learning
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Monitoring & evaluation
Project monitoring
Recording Maintenance
Data analysis
Exeter University
Natural England
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© Kyle Pierce
Challenges
1) Urban environment
2) Boundary lines
3) Land-use conflict
4) Time
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Looking forward
Beyond our boundaries
Case studies and best-practice
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Investment HBV RCA
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