Herefordshire Biodiversity Partnership

The Partnership

The Biodiversity Partnership Co-coordinator is managed by a steering group or “project management group” who meet on a quarterly basis. The Co-ordinator post is funded by Natural England and Herefordshire Council. The project management group consists of the following members:

 

• Joanne Hackman – Principal Ecologist, Herefordshire Council
• Juliet Wheatley – Team Leader (Landscape & Biodiversity Team), Herefordshire Council
• Antony Muller – Natural England
• Francesca Griffith – Herefordshire Nature Trust
• Nick Smith – (Interim Chair) Forestry Commission
• Nicky Davies - Herefordshire Biodiversity Partnership Co-ordinator
• Rachel Price - Herefordshire Biological Records Centre (HBRC)

The chairperson’s role is alternated between the two funding partners on an annual basis. The bulk of the work undertaken is guided by a “Memorandum of Agreement” administered by Natural England which lists core services to be delivered by both the partnership co-ordinator and the wider partnership.

Members

Partners involved in the delivery of the Herefordshire Biodiversity Action Plan include;

• The Big Apple
• Bulmers
• Butterfly Conservation
• Caring for Gods Acre
• Colwall Orchard Group
• Deer Initiative
• Defra
• Environment Agency (England and Wales)
• Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG)
• Forestry Commission 
• Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
• Herefordshire Action for Mammals
• Herefordshire Amphibian and Reptile team
• Herefordshire Council
• Herefordshire Fungus Group
• Herefordshire Nature Trust
• Herefordshire Ornithological Club
• Herefordshire Sustain
• Malvern Hills AONB
• National Farmers Union
• National Trust
• Natural England
• Plantlife
• Tarmac
• Vincent Wildlife Trust
• Welsh Water
• The Woodland Trust
• Wye and Usk Foundation
• Wye Valley AONB