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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>A project was commissioned by Nottingham City Council in August 2021 to undertake a detailed analysis of the city’s natural resources, habitat networks, tree stock, and ecosystem services. The work is part of a wider project regarding natural capital in Nottingham involving habitat mapping, ecosystem service assessment, and a tree planting strategy. This data forms part of the biodiversity opportunity mapping element (Lot 2) of the project. The aims of the biodiversity opportunity mapping are to: 1. Through ecological network modelling, build an understanding of Nottingham’s ecological networks, both at the regional and local scales 2. Identify high-level opportunities for biodiversity enhancement, including opportunities to expand existing core habitat, watercourse daylighting opportunities (for watercourses currently flowing through culverts) and opportunities to enhance areas of modified grassland 3. Develop initial priorities for biodiversity enhancement using additional data, including geology and property ownership. The Network Buffer Opportunities layer contains the geometry of the buffer opportunities identified from the network modelling. PLEASE NOTE: This data should be used alongside the Biodiversity Opportunity Mapping report: https://www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk/d/abHIzB7H</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |