Biodiversity in Bexley
About Bexley's wildlife
What is biodiversity and its importance in Bexley?
 Biodiversity is the name used to describe all living species from micro-organisms to the largest plants and animals. It also includes habitats - places in which species live as a community.
Earth Summit
In 1992 a meeting took place in Rio de Janeiro. It was called the Earth Summit and involved representatives from many nations, including the United Kingdom. This meeting was important because, for the first time, countries made a formal commitment to work together to save the environment.
Countries agreed to set up local plans and programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity - an important part of Local Agenda 21.
 Local Agenda 21
The Earth Summit emphasised the need to think globally and act locally. Local
Agenda 21 brings local people closer to decision-making for their own environment in the 21st century.
Nature matters to most people and helping to save our local wildlife and wild places is a challenge many will want to take up. What we do now will affect the world in the future.
Bexley's Local Agenda 21
London Borough of Bexley, in partnership with the local community, has launched its new Local Agenda 21 Strategy for sustainability in the Borough. Bexley's Biodiversity Action Plan forms an essential part of this initiative.
The Plan details actions for protecting, conserving and enhancing wildlife and habitats in Bexley. It is important that what we do in our local area supports the United Kingdom and London Plans.
 There will be four parts to the Bexley Plan:
- the Action Plan, identifying national and local priority species and habitats in the Borough with action plans and a review process;
- the Summary Action Plan, outlining the main points contained in the Action Plan;
- a Database, co-ordinating all existing and future wildlife
records for Bexley; and
- this Web Site, so local people and people around the world can learn about Bexley's biodiversity.
You can obtain copies of these documents at your local library.
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