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www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is this presentation about? Developing a Biodiversity Action plan that can feed into a 5-year Town And Village Renewal Plan for Passage West. Why is this happening? As part of a dynamic community led strategic planning process that is being facilitated by SECAD Partnership in conjunction with Cork County Council and the communities of Passage West and Carrigtwohill. To develop a five year Strategic Action Plan based on inputs from people living in the community, people working in the community, people providing volunteer and community based services and people that are providing services to the communities such as Cork County Council and education, health and other service providers. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST How can people participate in the overall Town and Village Renewal Plan for Passage West? SECAD and Cork County Council would like to hear from anyone and everyone that is interested, from young to old, from those born and raised in Passage West or Carrigtwohill and those that have made it their home. Thus we are aiming to capture a ‘holistic view’ of what the people of Passage West and Carrigtwohill would like their communities to look like and be like in the future. We will be running other community consultation sessions like the one this presentation was produced for. Details of further events will be advertised in your community For any specific queries in relation to the Town and Village Renewal Plan please contact SECAD directly at: Phone 021 4613432 Email [email protected] www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST AND NOW FOR BIODIVERSITY… www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST TOWN AND VILLAGE RENEWAL BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN: THEMES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER public biodiversity neglected / /managed hot spots your space derelict space places MARITIME HERITAGE NEW COMMUNITIES www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST TOWN AND VILLAGE RENEWAL BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN THEMES This Biodiversity Plan will be about helping biodiversity but also about helping people. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST PAST AND PRESENT You can explore maps of Passage West in the past and present on the Ordnance Survey website. http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST MARITIME HERITAGE www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST FUTURE This image comes from the Ballincolling- Carrigaline District Local Area Plans 2017 -2020. This includes Passage West. http://corklocal areaplans.com/ www.wildwork.ie/ www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST INTERNATIONAL NATURE PROTECTION You can access these maps through: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/ Note you will need internet explorer for access. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is Biodiversity? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is Biodiversity? A shorthand way of saying ‘biological diversity’. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is Biodiversity? A shorthand way of saying ‘biological diversity’. But what does that mean? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is Biodiversity? A shorthand way of saying ‘biological diversity’. But what does that mean? A simple way to describe ‘biological diversity’ is to say it means all the different types and individuals of living things on the planet, the places they live and the ways they live with each other. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is Biodiversity? An even simpler way to describe ‘Biodiversity’ might be: ‘Nature’! www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Why do we need Biodiversity Action Plans ? • 1950s- It is noticed that the way people live on the planet is damaging other species and the places those species need to live. It is realised that this damage is also a problem for people. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Why do we need Biodiversity Action Plans ? • 1980s- Under the United Nations, people across the planet decide to take action to protect all species, the places they live and the ways they live together. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Why do we need Biodiversity Action Plans ? • 1992- Ireland is one of 168 parties that sign up to the Convention on Biological Diversity which is designed to make sure that: Biodiversity is protected. Biodiversity is kept safe for future generations. The benefits of Biodiversity are shared equally. The idea of preparing Biodiversity Action Plans comes from the Convention on Biological Diversity. www.wildwork.ie/ www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Why do we need Biodiversity Action Plans ? • 2002- Ireland makes its first National Biodiversity Action Plan. This plan says that Local Authorities, like Cork County Council, need to prepare Biodiversity Action Plans too. 2009-The first Biodiversity Action Plan for County Cork is published. The Cork County Biodiversity Action Plan says that, to make sure the plan works, lots of organisations and people need to get involved. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Can you see biodiversity here? Can you see biodiversity potential here? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Can you see biodiversity here? Can you see biodiversity potential here? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Can you see biodiversity here? Can you see biodiversity potential here? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Can you see biodiversity here? Can you see biodiversity potential here? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Citizen Science monitoring. Make a solitary Mow slightly less. Examples of simple actions to increase bee ‘scrape’ biodiversity and interaction with nature. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Are there freshwater habitats in Are there woodland Passage habitats in Passage West? West? Are there Are there grassland marine habitats in Passage habitats in West? Passage West? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST Wildflower Meadow Wildflower Meadow Wildflower Meadow? www.wildwork.ie/ www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What do Biodiversity Action Plans do ? A local Biodiversity Action plan such as this one might choose to look at: • What can be done to enhance the local area to benefit biodiversity? • What actions are needed to do this? • What resources will be needed? • Who will carry them out? • In what time-frame? www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST How is Passage West’s Biodiversity Action Plan going to happen? This introductory session Get back to us with your ideas by October 30th We will have a draft plan available by November 3rd Give us your feedback by November 8th We will feed the biodiversity Action Plan into the Town and Village Renewal Plan This presentation available at http://www.wildwork.ie/project/biodiversity-action-plans/ Send your ideas and feedback to [email protected], or to @wildworkers on facebook www.wildwork.ie/ www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST How is Passage West’s Biodiversity Action Plan going to happen? We want Passage West to think about: What you would like to learn What you would like to do about biodiversity in Passage What you think are interesting for biodiversity in Passage West… areas for biodiversity in Passage West… in the next year? West? in the next year? in the next 5 years? in the next 5 years? Submissions to us by October 30th www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST How is Passage West’s Biodiversity Action Plan going to happen? CONTACT US VIA FACEBOOK OR EMAIL Photographs of places for biodiversity are very welcome! www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST How is Passage West’s Biodiversity Action Plan going to happen? Wild Work will do ‘desktop research’ into Passage West’s biodiversity Wild Work will talk to other stakeholders – e.g. Cork County Council. Based on Passage West’s feedback, talking to other stakeholders, and the desktop research, Wild Work will send out a draft Passage West Biodiversity Action Plan by November 3rd for the Passage West community to comment on. Feedback to us by November 8th. www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What is desktop research? Desktop research tries to find out information that already exists about: Habitats of conservation importance Hydrology Details of protected sites Details of any relevant past surveys Water quality Species of conservation importance Surrounding land use Mapping and boundaries Geology -Soils, bedrock Natural History www.wildwork.ie www.facebook.com/wildworkers [email protected] PASSAGE WEST What kind of actions could you think about? Running education and awareness programmes Habitat mapping Passage West Trying chemical free maintenance of green spaces Managing grasslands for biodiversity