Objectives:
NC1. By
2009, assess the most likely impacts
of climate change on the National Park over the next 15 years, and use this to
produce an adaptation plan for managing those impacts.
NC2. By
2008, identify
and map areas where less intensive management could be trialled or which could
provide natural connections between existing habitat fragments to allow habitats and species
to respond to environmental change.
NC3. Support
good conservation management
by farmers and landowners so that:
a) 70%
of the area covered
by Local Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats is in favourable
condition by 2010;
b) at
least 95%
of nationally and internationally
important wildlife sites are in favourable condition by 2010.
NC4. Support
farmers and landowners to increase the area of Local Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats
by 7% by 2011, including:
a) restoring
1,700ha of hay meadow;
b) creating
100ha of floodplain wetland;
c) restoring
over 4,000ha of upland
heath and blanket bog;
d) creating
450ha of upland ash woodland
by 2010, (as part of increasing the overall coverage of native broadleaved
woodland to over 5,000ha by 2020).
NC5. Ensure
that
the populations of all
Local Biodiversity Action Plan species are stable or increasing by 2010.
NC6. Assess
the condition of all ancient woodland in the National Park by 2010, restore all ancient replanted
woodland to a semi-natural state and ensure that all semi-natural woodland is protected,
enhanced and self-regenerating by 2020.
NC7. Develop
and implement a system
for monitoring for the Local Biodiversity Action Plan and reporting progress
on it by 2007, and produce a map that shows the distribution and status of all
Local Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats and species (excluding rare and vulnerable
species) and make it widely available through the National Biodiversity Network
by 2008.
NC8. Work
with local communities
to identify
from the habitat map
a range of initiatives that, by 2011, would enable people to get actively involved
in the implementation of the Local Biodiversity Action Plan.
NC9. By
2009 review current or planned reintroduction programmes that affect the Yorkshire Dales National
Park and support those that form part of a nationally co-ordinated plan for species recovery
endorsed by Natural England.
NC10. Determine
the
extent of invasive species
and pest problems across the National Park and develop a strategy for their management
by 2010.
