生物多样性

生物多样性战略      

的 生物多样性战略 outlines how the University intends to meet its Policy commitment for biodiversity on its campuses. We have already made great progress in implementing this Policy commitment.

A 生物多样性战略管理小组  meets up to four times a year to drive forward action to manage 和 enhance biodiversity at the University. This includes staff from the 可持续性 Department, 学术部门, 理由, students from the 自然社会 和 external organisations.

生物多样性目标    

生物多样性SMART目标

Our current targets 和 some examples of how we are going to achieve them can be accessed through the 可持续发展目标文件.

生物多样性行动计划    

该大学的 生物多样性行动计划 implements the commitments set out in this 生物多样性战略 as part of the University’s ISO14001:2015 环境管理制度. 的 BAP focuses on ground level action to take biodiversity management to the 下一个级别 at the University 和 create an exemplar of best practice for the Further 和 Higher Education Sector. 的 University is also spearheading progress with driving forward biodiversity management.

可持续发展的环境 研究 Group (SERG)

的 可持续发展的环境 研究 Group (SERG) was launched in 2020 to bring together colleagues from across the University to deliver excellent research that aligns with the theme of “可持续发展的未来” identified in the University’s 研究 & Knowledge Exchange Strategy 2020-25, as an Area of Challenge.

的 creation of this new interdisciplinary research group has strengthened the capacity for effective research collaboration 和 has increased the potential for colleagues to engage with research that fundamentally brings benefits to people 和 the planet.

“可持续发展的环境” encapsulates any situation w在这里 t在这里 is potential for 减轻对环境的影响 和 实现环境效益 through positive actions in both urban 和 rural settings. This includes the conservation of a single species through to the management of whole ecosystems enabling subsistence farmers to sustain livelihood benefits. It also encompasses new approaches to food production, 自然资源的管理, 和 the influence of infrastructure on human health 和 well-being.

新玉米地野花区

2022年3月, the University’s student 自然社会 worked with 理由 staff to sow a wildflower seed mix over an area of 500 square metres on St John’s Campus to establish a new wildflower strip.

In contrast to the cornfield wildflower areas, this strip has been sown with 22 different perennial wildflower species, 包括矢车菊, 野川续断, 牛眼菊黛西, 肾脏野豌豆, 场山萝卜属植物, 夏枯草, 红芒叶和三叶草. 的 area will t在这里fore provide a different range of resources for wildlife, supporting numerous invertebrates including bees 和 butterflies, 还有小型哺乳动物和鸟类.

This wildflower initiative will not only boost biodiversity on St John’s campus, it will also reduce the University’s carbon footprint through less mowing at the site, 和 enhance the health 和 wellbeing of students 和 staff while on campus, helping to meet three of the 17 global Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.

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理由是维护 

的 理由 Team manages the University playing fields 和 amenity spaces. 的ir work also includes the enhancement of trees, hedgerows 和 habitat availability. Working closely alongside colleagues in academic departments who utilise the open spaces for conservation 和 education 和 the Nature Student Society who amongst other things assist in the recording 和 monitoring of biodiversity on campus. 

S和 Martin Nesting Boxes installed at 城市的校园

S和 martins nest in deep cavities which they usually excavate from high river banks, but in the 伍斯特市 they have been successfully breeding between gaps in the stones of the railway arch! With guidance from Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, 的 OD官网APP下载 has now installed 12 artificial nests on Bishop Bosel Hall of Residence in the hope of providing additional nesting opportunities close to the River Severn.

学生项目

自然学会, supported by sustainability 和 academic staff, is an active student group that carries out a wide body of surveying, monitoring 和 research activities alongside training future students to continue their legacy. 的ir valuable research is used to inform future management practices.

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Habitats 和 species are being actively managed by the University to enhance biodiversity 和 improve the working 和 studying environment. 生物多样性 has also been a central consideration in the establishing the grounds of 蜂巢 图书馆, History 和 Customer Centre for students 和 the public, established in partnership with Worcestershire County Council.