Global to Local

The UK government signed the Biodiversity Convention at Rio in 1992 and this country is now well advanced in developing and implementing a National Action Plan. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan was published in 1994 and sets out a broad strategy for conserving and enhancing wild species and wildlife habitats in the UK for the next 20 years. The overall goal of the UK Action Plan is:

"To conserve and enhance biological diversity within the UK and to contribute to the conservation of global biodiversity through all appropriate mechanisms."

The UK BAP contains a number of individual plans for many habitats and species under threat or in need of conservation in the country. Each plan sets out what the threats are, what needs to be done about them and who is responsible for carrying out the actions required.

At a regional level the North West Biodiversity Forum have produced a set of targets for habitat conservation in the North West of England. The targets set out in the Lancashire BAP contribute to these figures.