Biodiversity
What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the variety of living things (plants
and animals) and their interaction with the communities
and places (habitats) in which they occur.
Biodiverity is not just about rare or threatened
species and habitats in exotic places but also about
conserving all the animals and plant life that grow
and thrive in our own community.
"Nature's Helpers"
Local organisations have been working
together on
Tower Habitats: A Biodiveristy Action Plan.
Tower
Habitats is a community partnership which aims to
establish and coordinate the implementation of the
Biodiversity Action Plan for Tower Hamlets. The plan
looks at
The Built Environment
Gardens and Grounds
Rivers and Standing Water
Parks, Squares and Burial
Grounds
To see Tower Hamlets Local Biodiversity Action Plan
(LBAP) Sept 2009 – Sept 2014
Click
here Find out more at:www.towerhabitats.org
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Biodiversity
has come to symbolise a strong determination
by government bodies, environmental
organisations and individuals to protect
the world's natural environment.
The Biodiversity Convention
came out of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
Tower Hamlets has produced
the Local Biodiversity Action Plan
to protect
and enhance Biodiversity in Tower Hamlets. However,
this cannot be done without everyone contributing
their bit to improve the quality of the environment
we live in.
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Mile End Park has two ponds.
Wildlife is thriving
and you can see species in and around the water
such as, coots, damsel flies, dragon flies,
tadpoles, herons, common reeds, water milfold.
fringed water lilly and marsh merigold.
If you want to find out more about pond
dipping check out our Soanes Centre:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/
http://www.wildkids.org.uk/
There are other pond dipping events so look
out for them. Check out the Wetland Center
events list:
http://www.wwt.org.uk/
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 Using a quadrant, they were also surveying
the grassland banks. It is amazing how many
different species you can find in grass, such
as white and red clover, oxe eye daisy, self-heal,
chicory and birds foot trefoil.
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