About Us
Introduction
The Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (LBP) brings together local authorities, statutory agencies, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations with a responsibility for and interest in biodiversity in the historic county of Lincolnshire (modern Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire).
It coordinates action, information and protection and provides services for partner organisations. LBP is independent of any of its constituent organisations.
The LBP has developed from the Lincolnshire Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Partnership, established in 1998. Partners worked together to achieve targets set out in the first Lincolnshire BAP, published in 2000, reviewed progress after five years and in 2006 published Lincolnshire Biodiversity Action Plan: Action for Wildlife in Lincolnshire 2nd Edition.
Sound, up-to-date information on biodiversity is essential to enable local authorities, public and private organisations and individuals to make well-informed decisions. Development of a Lincolnshire Environmental Records Centre (LERC) began in 2004 and the centre became fully operational in 2006. LERC now provides a biodiversity information service under the LBP.
Along with biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs) are the most important places for wildlife in the county. They have substantive nature conservation value, and make a significant contribution to the maintenance of biodiversity. They may also have an important role in contributing to public enjoyment and understanding of nature. With the publication of Local Wildlife Sites, Guidelines for their Identification and Selection in the Historic County of Lincolnshire, in 2006, management of the LWS system became a responsibility of the Partnership.
