Content tagged with: ecology

• Local wildlife and geological sites

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/local-wildlife-and-geological-sites

  Local Sites are Doncaster's locally and regionally important wildlife and geological sites. They are designated to recognise, and help conserve, their special wildlife and/or geological features, and their contribution to wider ecological networks and ‘green and blue infrastructure’.

• Environmental planning

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/environmental-planning

  Follow the links for further information about environmental planning:

• Biodiversity

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/environmental/biodiversity

  Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth – from the smallest insect to the largest tree, and the natural systems that support them. Biodiversity is vital for our quality of life, from the sight and sound of a bird in the garden, to a life-saving drug from a plant. It is important for its own sake and because it provides benefits to society (known as ecosystem services).