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Warwickshire's Local Geodiversity Action Plan (LGAP) project
Geological conservation in the UK currently lacks the strategic approach adopted for biological conservation (Local Biological Action Plans - LBAPs). Consequently Natural England, the Government's wildlife/geology conservation body, is now investigating the feasibility of Local Geodiversity Action Plans (LGAPs), as a mechanism for co-ordinating and delivering local geological conservation. It seems likely that a considerable amount of LBAP methodology and expertise could be applied to LGAPs, although there are many fundamental differences that require exploration.
Warwickshire County Council's Museum Service conducted an LGAP pilot project (November 2002-January 2003) funded by English Nature, to investigate the feasibility of the LGAP scheme and its applicability to our county. A local consultative partnership was established, and further funding sources were researched, for production of a full Warwickshire LGAP. In 2004 an additional piece of work was undertaken - a 'mini-LGAP' covering Warwickshire's Permian-Triassic fossil sites. Most recently, using funding from Natural England (formerly English Nature), a full county LGAP has been drafted by members of the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group in conjunction with the Warwickshire Museum and British Geological Survey. This document can be seen below. It has now (2009) been sent out to landowners, quarry operators, planners and local geologists, for their comments. We hope to re-establish a consultation group and launch the scheme in the near future. Watch this space!
Warwickshire draft LGAP, 2009. For further details of Warwickshire's LGAP scheme contact Warwickshire Museum's Keeper of Geology: Telephone: 01926 412500 Email: museum@warwickshire.gov.uk. Geology Collection Homepage Geology Conservation

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