Biodiversity
Universities and colleges can provide highly valuable resources for biodiversity. Many campuses already contain important habitats and there are always opportunities to increase biodiversity through sensitive grounds management. (EAUC Biodiversity Guide, 2006)
Organisations
Biodiversity - DEFRA
The biodiversity section of DEFRA's web-site.
Resources
Biodiversity guide - EAUC (2006)
A biodiversity guide for HEIs in the UK.
Advice on Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 [MS Word 69K]
Legal advice to HEFCE on the duty to conserve biodiversity in Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 as it applies to higher education institutions in England.
HEI sites
Examples of how institutions manage biodiversity on campus:
University of Hertfordshire
University of Hull
Kingston University
Oxford Brookes University
Last updated 13 October 2010