Species Delivery Group

 

We have published 34 Northern Ireland Species Action Plans and seven All Ireland Species Action Plans as a key objective of the NI Biodiversity Strategy. Each of these plans detail a range of targets and actions for Government Departments and Agencies. To deliver these plans there was a need to forge an ongoing partnership between government and other groups. This process has been initiated by the setting up of a species biodiversity delivery group to:

• bring the relevant Departmental, Agency and non-government partners together
• provide a focus for combining closely related species action plans into a single coherent work programme
• provide a co-ordination platform to allocate tasks within and out side government
• provide a forum to discuss and negotiate issues and priorities

The main objectives of the species action plans are to:
 

• maintain the populations of existing species
• increase the populations of existing species
• maintain the range of existing species
• increase the range of existing species
• co-ordinate work more effectively and ensure that objectives of the species action plans are progressed successfully, we have established a Species Biodiversity Delivery Group
  

The remit of the Group is to:
 

• agree a definition of favourable status for priority species
• monitor and report on species in the context of Biodiversity Action Plans and relevant policies
• provide advice on the co-ordination of activity on priority species, including; development of best practice; advice on relevant Biodiversity Action Plans; guidance for landowners and other stakeholders; liaison with species groups in the Republic of Ireland, the UK and further afield and facilitate interpretation and education
• provide advice and commission research as required
• provide technical advice on and engage in the delivery of the species group work programme

Membership:
 

View the membership of the Species Delivery Group (.PDF 20Kb)

Minutes from Meetings:
 

Species Biodiversity Delivery Group Minutes 21st November 2007 (.PDF 24Kb)

Species Biodiversity Delivery Group Minutes 2nd July 2008 (.PDF 24Kb)

Species Biodiversity Delivery Group Minutes 12th February 2009 ( PDF 25Kb)

Species Biodiversity Delivery Group Minutes 29th March 2010 (PDF 25Kb)

Terms of Reference:
 

View the Species Biodiversity Delivery Group Terms of Reference (March 2009) (.PDF 24Kb)

Work Programme
 

The Species Biodiversity Delivery Group Work Programme (March 2009) (.PDF 32Kb) has recently been revised and updated.