Biodiversity Offsetting A Partnership Approach. Presentation by Tim Graham NIA Programme Manager Victoria Metcalf Metcalf Consultancy

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1 Biodiversity Offsetting A Partnership Approach Presentation by Tim Graham NIA Programme Manager Victoria Metcalf Metcalf Consultancy

2 Content i. The Area and NIA ii. Partnership iii. Partner Perspectives iv. Applying the Process v. Concerns and Opportunities vi. Taking our Approach Forward

3 The Humberhead Levels

4 The Nature Improvement Area 5 key themes with over 1400ha of creation/restoration 1. Key Sites Better; Bigger; More; Joined 2. Sustainable water management 3. Integrity of England s largest Lowland Raised Mire system 4. Asset management through green economy 5. Community Connections

5 The Partners Burnet Trust Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council East Riding of Yorkshire Council Environment Agency Forestry Commission Isle of Axholme and North Notts Water Level Man Board Private Land Owners NFU Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Natural England North Lincolnshire Council Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Ouse and Humber Drainage Board RSPB Shire Group Internal Drainage Boards Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

6 Gathering the Partner Perspective Organisational Position Statements Interviews Workshop Over 12 partners Defra Principles Expanding and restoring habitats Contribute to enhancing ecological network Additionality Through partnership Involving communities

7 Applying the Process Pilots: A lack of uptake but used in negotiation Positive transparency Expertise and information Applying the metrics: Retrospective Case Studies 5 case studies ranging from 3.5 to 72ha 10.4 to 293 Biodiversity Units Linear biodiversity units were a problem ditch and hedge How to assess impacts on/for network?

8 Concerns from the report Costs for restoration Number of developments and project wedding list No net loss; safeguarding like for like creation with what has been lost at the hands of development Data evidence for habitat, species and condition? Generating Interest the sell developers and scheme consideration attracting landowners to commit land without interested developers Process Resources: local and landscape scales (admin, implementation, and monitored); What is unavailable to offsetting and how to compliment various funding demands

9 Opportunities for the NIA Provision of a strategic viewpoint to balance issues proximity landscape scale conservation Better:Bigger... Developing and promoting collection of strategically relevant offsetting schemes Creation Restoration (including key information on Monitoring possible use of YHEDN s Defra Structured Surveillance pilot work? Compilation and hosting of data to allow better decision making, while working with/linking to LRCs and LWS systems

10 Taking Forward the Approach Common outlook Defra Principles for Biodiversity Offsetting Partnerships and Organisations under increasing pressure and changes Enabling the process Supporting land owners to enter the process Restoration mapping combining condition and opportunities Developing relevant costing's to enable competitive and transparent process NIA for evidence base - working with LRC and LWS systems that are under increasing pressure Working with Humberhead Levels Partnership and relevant Planning Authorities to coordinate appropriate local system

11 Thank you our contributors Tim Graham Elizabeth Biott: Conservation Officer, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Janice Bradley: Head of Conservation Policy & Planning, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust James Copeland: Environment & Land Use Advisor, NFU Nick Crouch: Senior Practitioner Nature Conservation, Nottinghamshire County Council Jo Dearing: Conservation Officer (Planning), Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Tim Graham: Humberhead Levels Programme Manager, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Rachel Hackett: Living Landscapes Development Manager, The Wildlife Trusts Debbie Fieldsend: NIA Monitoring Assistant, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Tim Kohler: Lead Advisor Conservation & Land Management, Natural England Martin Nowacki: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Melissa Massarella, Principle Officer (Biodiversity), Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Andy May, Essex Wildlife Trust Katy Read: Associate Director, Middlemarch Environmental Jo Smith: Director Operations, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Rob Stoneman: Chief Executive, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Biodiversity Offsetting: NIA Workshop Delegates: Elizabeth Biott, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Matt Blisset, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Carl Cornish, RSPB Debbie Fieldsend, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Vaughan Grantham, East Riding Council Carys Hutton, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Tony Martin, Yorkshire Wildlie Trust Martin Nowacki, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Sue Plaxton, Natural England Kieran Sheehan, JBA Mark Speck, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Kat Woolley, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Thanks also go to Hannah Beckett, for permission to utilise data from Biodiversity Offsetting: A Case Study of Doncaster s pilot for Defra s scheme