Our beautiful and extensive campus is a haven for wildlife and we are proud of our stewardship of this site. We are fortunate to have a large community of staff & students working together to preserve our beautiful environment - from the conservation volunteers working on the nature trail to our excellent sustainability team and to our Carbon Crew staff and student volunteers.
UEA Campus Conservation Project
Staff and students have been keen to assist us in management of our extensive grounds and the launch of the UEA Campus Conservation project (sponsored by Student Bioblitz – an organisation set up to support student activities celebrating the UN Year of Biodiversity 2010) in October 2010 has ensured the additional involvement of local community groups.
Weekly conservation work parties are helping to monitor and maintain the biodiversity of the campus, undertaking conservation work and wildlife surveys and establishing a wildlife trail with information boards and reusable leaflets – work which will equate to over 3000 volunteer hours per year.
“We are creating the trail to help inform and engage people with wildlife in the area”
(Elaine Sheriffs, UEA Volunteers Administrator)
Key objective: To maintain and enhance biodiversity
Our 2010 Achievements:
ª Consultation draft Grounds Maintenance and Conservation Plan developed
ª Comprehensive biodiversity audit instigated and interim biodiversity audit report published
ª Regular biodiversity monitoring programme implemented.
ª UEA Campus Conservation project and Probation Service partnership established
Planned Activity for 2011/12:
¤ We will consult on and implement our Grounds Maintenance and Conservation Plan
¤ We will report the findings of our biodiversity audit
¤ We will set specific biodiversity improvement targets
¤ We will implement the pruning and mowing procedure that includes an incident reporting system
