A landscape scale approach involves a wide range of partners and local communities working together to identify what needs to happen in the area and find solutions together to help achieve multiple benefits for people and wildlife.

When we talk about delivery of biodiversity projects within recognised landscape areas and the Strategic Nature Areas (SNAs) which comprise the Gloucestershire Nature Map we mean this to:

cover any activity which brings benefits to ecosystems, habitats and species (biodiversity)

or enhances understanding of biodiversity which contributes to the objectives for an area as set out and agreed by the partnerships working in them.

This includes (this list is by no means exhaustive):

• Practical work on the ground for habitats or species such as scrub clearance or ditch management to maintain, create or restore a habitat; 
• Surveys or other monitoring work; 
• Information giving - either directly through signage etc or walks and events; Educational/awareness raising work; 
• Project planning and implementation; 
• Gains through planning; 
• Gains through Agri-environment/woodland schemes.

The lists below, arranged by landscape areas which make up the Gloucestershire Nature Map, is not meant to capture all the nature conservation work happening in the county, but rather provide an overview of where local biodiversity partnerships and partners are currently directing resources to facilitate landscape scale conservation and ecosystem recovery.

Forest of Dean and Lower Wye Valley

Partnerships, local initiatives and projects

• Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Forest of Dean Living Landscape programme
• Wye Valley Partnership - Contact Wye Valley AONB
• Forest of Dean Landscape Partnership - Contact Natural England

Funding, grant schemes and plans

• Catchment Sensitive Farming - Priority Catchment 23 River Wye
• Woodland grant schemes
• Environmental Stewardship including Higher Level Stewardship - see HLS targeting SW theme Statement (PDF document) and Wye and Lugg River Valleys Target Area Statement (PDF document) for details.
• Severn River Basin Management Plan
• Severn Tidal Tributaries Catchment Flood Management Plan

Vale of Leadon and Dean Ridges

Partnerships, local initiatives and projects

• Wye, Severn and Avon Vales Integrated Biodiversity Delivery Area Partnership - find out more about IBDAs and learn more about the Three Counties Orchard project.
• Dymock Forest Rural Action dyfradaffs@gn.apc.org

Funding, grant schemes and plans

• Catchment Sensitive Farming - Priority Catchment 43 River Leadon
• Woodland grant schemes
• Environmental Stewardship including Higher Level Stewardship - see HLS targeting SW theme Statement (PDF document) and Malvern Hills Target Area Statement (PDF document) for details.
• Severn River Basin Management Plan
• Severn Tidal Tributaries Catchment Flood Management Plan
• River Severn Catchment Flood Management Plan

Severn Vale

Partnerships, local initiatives and projects

• Wetlands West is a partnership dedicated to the protection of wetland habitats in the Severn and Avon Valley.
• Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Severn Vale Living Landscape programme

Funding, grant schemes and plans

• Woodland grant schemes
• Environmental Stewardship including Higher Level Stewardship - see HLS targeting SW theme Statement (PDF document) and Severn and Avon Vales Target Area Statement (PDF document) for details.
• Severn River Basin Management Plan
• Severn Tidal Tributaries Catchment Flood Management Plan
• River Severn Catchment Flood Management Plan

Cotswold Escarpment and Valleys

Partnerships, local initiatives and projects

• Cotswold Ecological Network Partnership - contact Cotswolds AONB for more details.
• Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Cotswold Rivers programme
• Cotswolds Ancient Woodland Project
• Upper Thames Integrated Catchment Programme -Gloucestershire FWAG are the contact for this.

Funding, grant schemes and plans

• Catchment Sensitive Farming - Priority Catchment 64 Cotswolds
• Environmental Stewardship including Higher Level Stewardship - see The Cotswolds Target Area Statement (PDF document) for details.
• Thames River Basin Management Plan
• Severn River Basin Management Plan
• Severn Tidal Tributaries Catchment Flood Management Plan
  

Cotswolds - High Wolds Plateau

Partnerships, local initiatives and projects

• Cotswold Ecological Network Partnership - contact Cotswolds AONB for more details.
• Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Cotswold Rivers programme
• Cotswolds Ancient Woodland Project
• Upper Thames Integrated Catchment Programme -Gloucestershire FWAG are the contact for this.

Funding, grant schemes and plans

• Catchment Sensitive Farming - Priority Catchment 64 Cotswolds.
• Environmental Stewardship including Higher Level Stewardship - see The Cotswolds Target Area Statement (PDF document) for details.
• Thames River Basin Management Plan

Cotswold Water Park

Partnerships, local initiatives and projects

• Cotswold Water Park Trust Nature Conservation Forum - contact CWPT for more details.

Funding, grant schemes and plans

• Catchment Sensitive Farming - Priority Catchment 64 Cotswolds
• Environmental Stewardship including Higher Level Stewardship - see HLS targeting SW theme Statement (PDF document).
• Thames River Basin Management Plan

Urban

To be updated