WELCOME TO CHESHIRE BIODIVERSITY PART OF THE CHESHIRE REGION BIODIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

WHO ARE THE CHESHIRE REGION BIODIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP?

The Cheshire region Biodiversity Partnership work together to to identify local priorities and to determine the contribution they can make to the delivery of the national Species and Habitat Action Plan targets. They can be contacted via the Countdown Coordinator on 01948 820728 or email [email protected]. You can also fill in our feedback form.

Below is listed the organisations that currently make up the Steering Group of the Cheshire region Biodiversity Partnership, or CrBP. This Group is responsible for driving forward the 73 individual action plans for the conservation of our most rare and important species and habitats locally. It also directs the work of the Biodiversity and Technical Coordinators.

	British Association for Shooting and Conservation		Halton Borough Council
	Cheshire County Council including Local Agenda 21 and SREP		Natural England
	Cheshire Wildlife Trust		rECOrd
	Chester Zoo		Vale Royal Borough Council
	DEFRA		Warrington Borough Council
	Environment Agency		Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

These are the organisations who are in the Cheshire region Biodiversity Partnership. For more information on their work for biodiversity, click on their names.

	British Trust for Conservation Volunteers		Groundwork Macclesfield & Vale Royal
	BTCV Special Landscapes Project		Macclesfield Borough Council
	British Waterways		Mersey Basin Campaign's River Valley Initiatives
	Butterfly Conservation		Mersey Forest
	Cheshire Federation of Women's Institutes		Merseyside Police
	Cheshire Landscape Trust		Nantwich Riverside Project
	Chester City Council		National Farmers Union
	Cheshire Fire Service		National Trust
	Congleton Borough Council		Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
	Country Land and Business Association		United Utilities
	Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council		University of Salford
	Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council		University of Chester
	Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group		The Woodland Trust
	Forestry Commission

There are many other organisations, both professional and amateur, paid and voluntary who are involved in biodiversity conservation. A full list of Action Plan Implementers is given for each species and habitat with an Action Plan.

	Government Office for the North West		Royal Horticultural Society
	Ecology-first		Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

WWW Cheshire Biodiversity Have you got a question about wildlife in the Cheshire region? If so, contact us on [email protected]!