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Coastal sand dune - Biodiversity Action Plan
- Protect the existing sand
dune resource of about 54,500 ha from further losses to anthropogenic
factors, whether caused directly or indirectly (e.g. by sea defence schemes
affecting coastal processes);
- Offset the expected net losses due to natural causes of about 2% of the
dune habitat resource over 20 years by encouraging new dunes to accrete and
where possible by allowing mobile dune systems to move inland;
- Seek opportunities for restoration of sand dune habitat lost to forestry,
agriculture or other human uses. A target figure of up to 1000 ha to be reinstated
by 2010 (to be reviewed);
Encourage natural movement and development of dune systems, and control natural
succession to scrub and woodland where necessary;
- Maintain dune grassland, heath and lichen communities on the majority of
dune systems; Atlantic dune woodland should be created on up to five carefully
selected sites.
A more detailed summary is also available (Duncan
2001).
Comment: The national biodiversity targets are revised from time
to time and updated by the JNCC at http://www.ukbap.org.uk/.
References
Duncan, K.
2001.
The UK habitat action plan for sand dunes.
In: Coastal Dune Management: Shared Experience of European Conservation Practice, eds.Houston, J.A., Edmondson, S.E. & Rooney, P.J.Liverpool University Press, 306-315.
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