Life-Support - Incorporating Biodiversity into Community Strategies
Life-Support Incorporating Biodiversity into Community Strategies aims to take forward a top priority in the Local and Regional implementation of the Government's England Biodiversity Strategy, the integration of biodiversity into local authorities' key strategic plans, the Community Strategies. The Government expects that Local Strategic Partnerships will incorporate biodiversity within their Community Strategies. The brochure shows how the objectives of the Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) preparing the Community Strategies can benefit from local biodiversity, including:
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Social benefits, as communities work together towards wildlife projects;
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Health benefits, brought by the pleasure and sense of well-being nature brings;
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The natural source and wealth of jobs, wildlife and habitats bring to local economy, attracting revenue from tourism, creating new industries and providing raw materials;
- Lifelong learning experiences that enable communities to share the knowledge they need to achieve a long-term future that is sustainable.
'Life Support' challenges local partnerships to explore how these benefits can be maximised to improve the quality of life of their local community.
The publication, distributed to all Local Government Chief Executives and Local Strategic Partnerships in England in April 2004 (see press release), has been prepared by the Local and Regional Strategy Implementation Group Chaired by David Miller of Durham County Council (group includes Defra, ODPM, Wildlife and Countryside Link, Local Government Association, Association of Local Government Ecologists, I&DeA, Environment Agency and English Nature). Local Biodiversity Action Partnerships are working with the Local and Regional Strategy Implementation Group towards realising the challenges set out in Life-Support.
Life-Support - Incorporating Biodiversity into
Community Strategies 
(1 MB).
Hard copies of Life-Support are available free of charge from:
Defra Publications
Admail 6000
London
SW1 2XX
Tel: 08459 556000
Email: defra@iforcegroup.com
View the England Biodiversity Group web pages to find out more about the process of implementing the Government's England Biodiversity Strategy.
If you would like more information about the document contact: biodiversity@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Page published: 27 April 2004