Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Action Plan & Partnership

Biodiversity is short for Biological Diversity, which means the variety of all living things.

MERTHYR TYDFIL BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN 2008-2013

These are the types of natural habitat and animals that are special for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough so we have set targets to keep and improve what we have:

• Broadleaved Woodland
• Grassland (including acid, neutral, calcareous grasslands & Rhos  pasture)
• Heathland
• Wetland (including bog, fen, marsh, swamp & ponds)
• Rivers & Streams
• Ffridd (a Welsh mixed ‘mosaic’ habitat)
• Mineral Spoil (Old Tips)
• Linear Features (including drystone walls, hedgerows, railway verges)
• Bats
• Great Crested Newts
• Otter
• Lapwing
• Dormouse

We will increase the biodiversity in other areas such as Urban areas, Coniferous Plantation and Inland Rock (e.g. quarries).

Part of the Action Plan includes awareness raising, education, data collection, sustainable development and ecological connectivity.

The Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Partnership consists of organisations, residents and persons who operate, or have an interest in biodiversity, within Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

If you would like to join or find out more about the Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Partnership or more information on the Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Action Plan (2008-2013) please contact the Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Officer.
 

• Merthyr Tydfil Local Biodiversity Action Plan
• Biodiversity Good Practice Newsletter
• Biodiversity Newsletter 2010
• Biodiversity Newsletter Winter 2011
• Biodiversity Newsletter Summer 2011

• Nature Conservation Organisations in Wales
• Resources for Schools and Young People
• How to Build a Bug Hotel
 
• 2010 International Year of Biodiversity Factsheet
• 2010 International Year of Biodiversity Mission
• 2010 International Year of Biodiversity Official Guide