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 WHAT
IS BIODIVERSITY?
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WHAT
IS A BIODIVERSITY AUDIT?
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WHAT
AREA DOES COUNTDOWN COVER?
For ease of
gathering historical data for the biodiversity audit we have broadly used
the OLD VICE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, the boundaries of which are still broadly
used by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust as their administrative territory
and for biological recording purposes by rECOrd. For simplicity, this
is referred to as the Cheshire "region".
This area includes
the local authority boundaries of:
Cheshire County Council ("New Cheshire")
Halton Borough Council
Chester City Council
Macclesfield Borough Council
Congleton Borough Council
Vale Royal Borough Council
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
And the offshore area of Liverpool Bay to the 12 mile limit
Biodiversity does not, of course, recognise these political boundaries
and there is overlap and liaison with other biodiversity action in adjacent
areas, particularly the Metropolitan Boroughs of Stockport, Trafford and
Tameside of Greater Manchester, the Peak District National Park, Staffordshire,
Shropshire, Flintshire, the Irish Sea and Merseyside.
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