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Biosphere Management Strategy 2014 to 2019 overview Linkages Rural Urban Coastal Knowledge 2014 - 2019 Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs Biosphere partnership Biosphere Management Strategy Foreword The Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs Partnership is a cross-sector partnership that has come together for the area between the River Adur and the River Ouse to become a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). A decision from UNESCO on Biosphere status is expected in summer 2014. This Management Strategy will then come into effect for a five-year period until 2019. Despite their name, Biosphere Reserves are not restrictive protected areas. Rather, they are places where, by working together, people can create a better life for themselves and the other living things who share the space. Being a Biosphere Reserve will lead to international recognition for the good work already being carried out in the area in protecting and enhancing the environment. It will also improve partnership working, particularly across local authority boundaries, raise standards and help tackle wider issues across the whole area. It should help to better integrate the three Biosphere objectives of nature conservation, sustainable socio-economic development, and knowledge, learning and awareness, through a more holistic approach. Our Partnership continues to grow and broaden its representation of different organisations. We are also committed to engaging with local people, building on the 1,500 “Friends of the Biosphere” signed up do far, so that everyone can play a part in our shared aspirations to become a “world-class environment”. This Management Strategy is one small step in the right direction, but its success will depend on both our partners and the wider public being inspired to work towards its aims. If we achieve this then we will have made significant progress towards a more sustainable and healthy future. I hope you will join us on this journey. Chris Todd Chair – Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs Biosphere Partnership September 2013 Acknowledgements The principal author of this Biosphere Management Strategy was Rich Howorth (Biosphere Project Officer), working with Jeremy Burgess (SDNPA East Area manager), who wrote the Rural Environment chapter, and Rob Clark (formerly Sussex IFCA Deputy Chief) who wrote the Coastal & Marine Environment chapter. Technical edits were made by Chris Todd (Biosphere Partnership Chair), Sean Ashworth (a Biosphere Partnership Vice-Chair) and Jan Jonker (BHCC Head of Parks Strategy) in addition to the authors above, with a general edit done under contract by Greg Sheridan of Milknosugar.com. Additional content was contributed by Garf Williams (Environment Agency) on the Linkages chapter; and David Cooper, Rob Greenland and Thurstan Crockett (Brighton & Hove City Council), Dan Ross and Trevor Watson (Lewes District Council), and James Appleton (Adur District Council) on the Urban Environment chapter. Temporary working groups met in mid-2012 to advise on content under the topics of “land management” (with the NIA focal area and groundwater groups), “coastal waters” (the WFD catchment pilot project group), and “knowledge and learning” (members included staff from BHCC, SDNPA, UoB and SWT). Detailed comments were received on consultation draft versions of the strategy, helping to improve its content, from further officers and Biosphere partner organisations, as well as from East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, the South Downs Society, Brighton & Hove Allotment Federation, Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, Fork & Dig It, and Eco21st. Photographs reproduced in this strategy were kindly provided by: Christine Joslin – front cover, Chapter 6 cover Paul Gorringe – Chapter 1 cover Brighton & Hove City Council-East Sussex County Council – Chapter 2 cover James Le Page (Natural England) – Chapter 3 cover, Chapter 1 page 4 top Rich Howorth – Chapter 4 cover, Chapter 5 cover, Chapter 1 page 4 lower Chris Todd – Chapter 1 page 4 middle CityParks (Brighton & Hove City Council) – Chapter 2 page 15 Environment Agency – Chapter 2 page 21 Rob Clark – Chapter 5 pages 117 & 126 Martin Eade – Chapter 5 pages 117, 125 & 132 Stephen Lawrence (Southern News and Pictures Ltd.) – rear cover, foreword Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs Biosphere Project © 2013 [email protected] www.biospherehere.org.uk Chapter 1 overview Chapter 2 Linkages Chapter 3 Rural environment Chapter 4 Urban environment Chapter 5 Coastal & Marine environment Chapter 6 Knowledge, Learning & Awareness 1 Chapter 1 1 overview 1. Overview – Biosphere management strategy CHAPTER 1 – Overview An Introduction to Biosphere Reserves 1 The Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs Biosphere Partnership 3 Our Aim & Objectives 3 The Brighton & Hove and Lewes Downs Biosphere area 4 Our Biosphere Zones 6 The Biosphere Management Strategy 6 Management Strategy Summary Table 7 1. Overview – Biosphere management strategy An Introduction to Biosphere Reserves What is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve? Biosphere Reserves are areas internationally recognised under the ‘Man and the Biosphere’ Programme of UNESCO as “sites of excellence” to balance conservation and socioeconomic development between nature and people, and to explore and demonstrate innovative approaches as learning sites for sustainable development. The 621 sites across 117 countries bestowed with this global accreditation collectively form the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The UK presently has five sites, three of which - North Devon (England), Dyfi (Wales), and Galloway & Southern Ayrshire (Scotland) – are modern Biosphere areas that lead the way in linking the conservation of their local environment to sustainable socio-economic development opportunities. Despite their name, Biosphere Reserves are not statutory designations nor restrictive areas that preserve nature in splendid isolation (and certainly are not artificial glass domes!), but instead are living, working places for people and the rest of nature. How do Biosphere Reserves work? Biosphere Reserves have three functions: • Conservation – of landscapes, ecosystems, species and genetic variation (biodiversity) • Development – of society and the economy in ecologically and culturally sustainable ways • Knowledge – facilitation of public awareness, environmental education, collaboration, academic research and monitoring to develop innovative approaches to conservation and development Biosphere Reserves are split into three zones to deliver these functions: • Core Area – statutory nature conservation sites (international and national designations) whose effective protection and management is the overriding focus • Buffer Zone – land and sea that surrounds, links up and shields the Core Area(s) with sensitive management that is compatible with nature conservation • Transition Area – areas of more intensive urban/rural land use, as well as the open sea, where sustainable management and lifestyles are promoted and pursued What are the potential benefits of being a Biosphere Reserve? • Improved quality of life by creating a healthier environment – helping nature to help ourselves • Strengthening the economy by making the area a more attractive place to visit • Heightened profile of a world-class accolade, enabling increased marketing and funding opportunities • Opportunities to attract and create new enterprises and jobs in environmental and low- carbon industries • Improved partnership working, helping to break down barriers and raise environmental quality • Provide an integrated framework for conservation and development policy and practice, linking up initiatives across different sectors and locations, and driving best practice in environmental management, development planning and stakeholder participation 1 1. Overview – Biosphere management strategy • Attract longer-term funding for effective short-term projects, which are delivering Biosphere objectives but risk being lost • Foster a stronger sense of community awareness, identity and pride in the local environment through public engagement and environmental education • Enable applied research and monitoring by local academic institutions to address conservation and development challenges • Promote collaboration and knowledge transfer through the international Biosphere network How could the Biosphere make a real difference to local people’s lives? • Improve drinking water quality, by managing the land so that polluting chemicals do not contaminate the chalk aquifer. This would remove the need for expensive artificial “end- of-pipe” treatments which increase our water bills • Clothe more buildings with living green walls and roofs which help to insulate them, sustain wildlife and capture storm water to reduce flash flooding linked to climate change • Increase the number of warmer and more efficient homes, lowering climate change impacts and fuel bills in an era of ever-increasing energy costs • Add to the colour and diversity of urban green spaces by encouraging wild flowers to grow, thereby sustaining pollinating insects and other wildlife • Bring the countryside into the heart of urban areas, through creating and restoring diverse chalk grasslands that are connected to the wider downland and are grazed by sheep that provide a local food source • Increase awareness of natural spaces close to homes for healthy exercise, family time and relaxation • Encourage more people to become active outdoors – through walking, cycling, and swimming – and take part in “green gyms”, improving mental
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