other sources of information

Defra (2006) Guidance for Local Authorities on implementing the biodiversity duty (792 KB). 
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Defra (2006) Guidance for Public Authorities on implementing the biodiversity duty (712 KB). 
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Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE) has a range of publications including ‘Increasing the momentum: a vision statement for biodiversity in local government (2004). View publications >

Organisations that can advise and provide practical help:

• Babergh District Council Open Spaces
• Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley
• Environment Agency
• Forest Heath District Council
• Forestry Commission
• Green Light Trust
• Greenways Countryside Project
• Ipswich Borough Council Ranger Service
• Mid Suffolk District Council Countryside Service and Discovery Project
• Natural England
• RSPB
• St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Park Ranger Service
• Suffolk Biological Records Centre
• Suffolk Coastal District Council Countryside team
• Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB
• Suffolk County Council Countryside Service
• Suffolk Wildlife Trust
• Waveney District Council Environment

We are grateful to The Wildlife Trusts for generously giving permission to use their leaflet ‘Local Authority Services and Biodiversity’ as a basis for this website (www.wildlifetrusts.org)

“Biodiversity affects every one of us because it is truly cross-cutting, relating to social, health and economic issues.”