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Coverage
The Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan (SBAP) covers the whole of Staffordshire outside the Peak Park. The Peak Park is considered to be a separate ecological unit and is therefore the subject of a separate BAP (published 2001) and references to Staffordshire in this document do not include the area of Staffordshire within the Peak Park. The Staffordshire BAP area is partly overlapped by the National Forest. This organisation also has its own BAP (published 1998) which covers the south-eastern part of Staffordshire around Burton-on-Trent and extends into Derbyshire and Leicestershire. There is therefore considerable overlap between the National Forest BAP and the Staffordshire BAP.
Other Local Biodiversity Action Plans
The Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan area overlaps with five other BAPs. These are:
Severn Trent Water BAP, South Staffordshire Water BAP, British Waterways BAP
These three company BAPs set out what they intend to achieve, mostly on their landholdings, over the next 10 year timescale. Many of the actions laid out within these Action Plans will help to achieve actions and reach targets within the Staffordshire BAP.
Peak Park BAP
The Peak Park BAP includes all of the White Peak and South West Peak Natural Areas and so there is a slight overlap with the SBAP. Where this overlap occurs, all efforts will be made to coordinate actions in accordance with both LBAPs.
The National Forest BAP
This covers the east of the County within East Staffordshire and Lichfield in the Needwood and Derbyshire Claylands Natural Area. As should be expected, a large number of actions and targets in the National Forest BAP are either the same, or very similar to those in the Staffordshire BAP. This has allowed for a partnership approach to be used towards achieving many of the goals set out in both Action Plans. The National Forest and Staffordshire Wildlife Trust have already collaborated on a number of projects within this area to reach their respective BAP targets. The National Forest also contribute to biodiversity through grant aid, land purchase and land lease.
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