Protecting, enhancing and creating opportunities for biodiversity requires careful planning and resourcing over the short, medium and long-term. In this section, we explore some of the key issues relating to the management and stewardship of greenspaces and nature reserves.
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- Designing and managing ecologically functional greenspaces requires specific knowledge and expertise
- Habitats and species protection will require consideration during the construction process and an ‘ecological clerk of works to manage the process
- Habitat and species protection may require buffer areas and access restrictions
- Establishing ecologically functional habitats requires more intensive management and investment during the early years
- The techniques required to achieve this need to be set out in a management plan, which will also need to resolve potentially conflicting uses
- An on-site ranger service can deliver wider community benefits, including management of educational programmes
- Long-term resourcing requires consideration from the outset and can be secured in a number of different ways, dependant on the circumstances and type of green space
- Community stewardship can help to ensure amenities respond to local needs, dissuade vandalism, reduce management costs and further educational aims
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