Bridgend County Borough Council has a legal duty to maintain and enhance biodiversity, and in so doing, promote ecosystem resilience, often referred to as the Sct. 6 Duty.
The council produced the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Resilience Forward Plan for the period 2018-2022, setting out the actions it would take to meet this legislative requirement.
Delivery of the 2018-22 Plan was reviewed, the findings of which are set out as the Bridgend Biodiversity and Ecosystem Resilience Progress Report, 2018-21.
This new plan, the Bridgend Biodiversity Duty Plan, 2022-25, sets out the actions the Council will take for the next three years. It is informed by the recommendations of the Progress Report, which highlighted both strengths on which to build, and areas for improved delivery.
The actions of this plan are intended to embed biodiversity delivery across the whole organisation, reflecting the broad range of activities and functions that have the potential to contribute towards global, national and local efforts to reverse the decline in biodiversity.