Environment
From this page you can view all the relevant Environment publications. They have been divided up under the headings of:
- Environment
- Biodiversity
- Green Infrastructure
Regional Environment Strategy Sustainability Appraisal of Part One 110KB PDF Part Two - Summary brochure (left) 750KB PDF If you would like more information about the Regional Environment Strategy, please e-mail Alison Hepworth - Policy Adviser (Environment)
Part One - Summary 1MB PDF.
Water Resources for the Future: A Strategy for the East Midlands (March 2001)
Sustainability appraisal of the Water Resources Strategy 180KB PDF
Water Supply Impacts Of The East Midlands Plan - An Update - Interim Report Please see the Partial Review Supporting Documents page
Viewpoints on the East Midlands Environment This document was published in May 1999 and has largely been superseded by the Regional Environment Strategy, but is available here for your information.
Viewpoints on the Historic Environment of the East Midlands 1.6MB Published in 2002
Putting Wildlife Back on the Map - A Biodiversity Strategy for the East Midlands Published May 2006 It has been prepared and adopted by the East Midlands Biodiversity Forum as a key component of the East Midlands Regional Environment and Integrated Regional Strategies, and other regional policy to provide a strategic framework for the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity in the region.
Biodiversity Strategy (2.2MB PDF)
East Midlands Integrated Toolkit (EMIT) report on the strategy (240KB PDF)
Sustainability and Biodiversity: Priorities for Action in the East Midlands Published April 1999
East Midlands Green Infrastructure - Phase 1 Scoping Study - Final Report Published September 2006 The East Midlands Regional Assembly's Integrated Regional Strategy has identified the provision of environmental infrastructure as a a priority for action, to encourage the sustainable use of resources in the region. A key component of environmental infrastructure is green infrastructure. Consultants were appointed by the Assembly's Environment Group to undertake a scoping study of Green Infrastructure in the region, to identify priority areas for action.
The final report is available below: (Please note that because the report contains detailed maps, it is very big and has been split into sections to make downloading it more manageable.)
Part C (140KB PDF)
Green Infrastructure in the East Midlands - A Public Benefit Mapping Project This project provides the region with an overall picture of the "hot spots" around the region in terms of the multiple public benefits that can be accrued from investments in Green Infrastructure (GI) delivery. The report shows that the greatest depth of public benefit will generally be derived where greatest need and opportunity coincide and where multiple objectives can be delivered in parallel. The Integrated Regional Strategy (IRS) objectives for the region across economic, social and environmental themes have been used to show that the provision or enhancement of of GI can contribute significantly to the achievement of most of them. A series of "public benefit" maps have been produced, each relating to a separate theme of the IRS, then combined to give maps highlighting the potential for the delivery of multiple public benefits through investment in GI.
East Midlands Green Infrastructure Network The Assembly and partners wish to celebrate what we have achieved so far in delivery of Green Infrastructure around the region, influencing the right people and joining up all the myriad of work that is ongoing around the region at local, sub regional and regional scale into one cohesive network, called the GIN. The East Midlands Green Infrastructure Network (GIN) aims to help to promote the multiple public benefits of green infrastructure to planning authorities and the private sector (such as regeneration, construction and property development specialists) as well as providing a platform for the sharing of ideas and experiences of those professionals and volunteers who are delivering green infrastructure around the region at regional, sub regional and local levels. The network will aim to encourage the integration of green infrastructure in all future physical infrastructure developments. The Assembly and its partners are running a series of seminars on Green Infrastructure (GI) delivery in each County in the region.
Derbyshire: 17 October 2007
Lincolnshire: 31 October 2007
Leicestershire: 16 November 2007
Nottinghamshire: tbc
Northamptonshire: tbc Visit the
East Midlands Green Infrastructure Network website to find out more about the Network and the above events.
East Midlands Soils and Environmental Resource Review The aim of the project was to take a high level look at the region’s soils and their complex relationships with both water and habitats, in the context of both climate change and so called "spongey landscapes". Spongey landscapes can be defined as landscapes that in terms of the make up of their soils and habitats, act as a sponge to soak up rainfall and help prevent possible flooding downhill or downstream and erosion. The idea was to provide a tool for raising awareness of the importance of soils. The region has a wide range of soils, associated with the broad range of landscape types to be found. The majority of the region’s soils and therefore the multiple functions they perform are either at risk or potentially at risk from loss or damage arising from a wide range of drivers, such as climate change. This study sought to draw together what is causing these changes, and what impact they are having on the region.
East Midlands Soils and Environmental Resource Review (14.2MB PDF) NB: This is a large document, please email info@emra.gov.uk if you have difficulty downloading it.
Setting the Environment Challenge for the East Midlands The Assembly’s conference on Setting the Environment Challenge for the East Midlands took place on 29 September at Derby’s Pride Park Stadium as part of the East Midlands Expo 2005. This conference launched the results of the Assembly’s Scoping study on Green Infrastructure for the East Midlands, developed with environmental partners and marks the first stage of an exciting area of work for the Assembly and their partners around the concept of Environmental Infrastructure. The conference also presented some inspirational case studies from around the region showing how partners are already delivering Environmental Infrastructure. These winning case studies were chosen as being representative, around the region, of delivery of new environmental infrastructure but which are also innovative, cross cutting and inspirational! The winners were presented with certificates of merit by Penney Poyzer, the guest speaker at the Expo, who then formally set the Environment Challenge for the East Midlands. The challenge is for organisations around the region to come forward for next year with your own inspiring case studies with messages to the region of what can be achieved to deliver Environmental Infrastructure. The winners will then be chosen to share their messages with the rest of the region at next year’s conference. The presentations are available on request, please e-mail info@emra.gov.uk.
East Midlands Regional Landscape Scoping Study
Landscape Scoping Study - Final Report (December 2008) (880KB PDF)
Landscape Scoping Study - Executive Summary (December 2008) (200KB PDF)
Environmental Capacity in the East Midlands
an evidence base fit for purpose
Environmental Capacity in the East Midlands - Final Report (December 2008) (510KB PDF)
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Last updated: 25th February 2009