welcome

Welcome - This website contains information about the Durham Biodiversity Action Plan (DBAP) - a series of work-plans to help conserve species and habitats in the Gateshead, Durham, South Tyneside and Sunderland area that are considered to be under threat locally, nationally or internationally.   The Durham Biodiversity Partnership was … [Read More...]

Farmland Bird Walk and Supper June 2013

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Derwent Valley Project Bid

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Partnership

The Durham Biodiversity Partnership was established in 1996 and is made up of all the organisations and individuals who are helping to achieve the goals of the Durham BAP, including conservation organisations, businesses, ecologists, planners, developers, schools, highways engineers, individuals and many more. The Partnership oversees the ongoing … [Read More...]

About Biodiversity

Biodiversity is short for "biological diversity", and used to describe the variety of life. It includes all species of plants and animals; everything from the smallest bacteria to the blue whale, the habitats which support these organisms and the complex ecosystems of which they are all a part. Biodiversity provides us with every essential for … [Read More...]