Relentless pressure from development, pollution and, climate change is
wiping out many species. As a result we are destroying the very habitat on
which we depend. We must conserve this biological diversity to safeguard our future.

In Sheffield

Sheffield is unique in the quality and quantity of its natural green spaces, trees and woodlands. However, more disadvantaged areas have lower tree cover and less healthy environments than our richer suburbs. Our beloved "urban forest” is full of ageing trees that will die within 30 years. The Local Biodiversity Action Plan is the key for the city to meet its international obligation to protect habitats and species. Wildlife organisations are vital
to implement the Plan. This work is strategically complex, unfunded, uncoordinated and barely understood by our Council. Sadly it uses our green spaces more to attract businesses here than to develop an environmentally sound future for all.

The Green Party has:

• Supported community projects in green spaces and parks in Central and Broomhill, wards.
• Done many local litter picks and clean-ups on green spaces and parks.
• Supported tree management plans - pruning and replacement and
  explaining the need to cut down mature trees for future growth.

Our Green Councillors have:

• Promoted wildlife, green spaces and the natural environment.
• Supported the development of safe city wide network of footpaths and cycle ways along green corridors and waterways such as in the Sheaf Valley & Porter Valley.
• Campaigned to make the Local Biodiversity Action Plan effective.

Our Green Councillors will:

• In submissions to the Sheffield Development Framework(SDF), push for detailed ecological surveys to identify suitable sites for wind generation that complement the environment.
• In submissions to the SDF, push for surveys of brownfield sites for ecological diversity before considering development on them.