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NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
Actions Awaiting Budget
N33 Assess the benefit of increasing buffer distance of 10m from water courses to protect biodiversity and provide greater flood attenuation for distances of 20m, 50m and 100m
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N34 Implement actions from the Biodiversity Action Plan
In the next 5 years
EWCC, Public Realm Comprehensive assessment completed
Update: As an addition to the development of strategic flood risk assessment for the CDP, the consultants were engaged to carry out a hydromorphological assessment at a strategic level. The Plan includes mapped riparian corridors for the first time and associated policy which has been developed following the hydromorphological assessment. The mapped riparian corridors and associated policy in the new County Development Plan are now established. The County Development Plan 2022-2028 came into effect in August 2022.
N35 Carry out wetland surveys of lakes and ponds in South Dublin
In the next 5 years
# of actions complete
Update: Connecting With Nature - The South Dublin County Council Draft Biodiversity Action Plan 2020-2026 was adopted by the Council in November 2020. The Plan contains 12 key actions under the headings
• Getting to Know What We Have - Spatial Projects
• Telling The Story - Engagement, Education and Research
• Leading The Way - Policy, Good Governance and Climate Action
• Biodiversity - Protect, Restore and Create Implementation of the Biodiversity Action Plan is underway.
In the next 5 years
# of actions progressed
Update: SDCC are working to appoint a consultant to carry out phase 1 of a wetland survey in association with An Taisce’s Legacy4Life Ponds for Biodiversity project. The overall aim of this project is to raise awareness of the incredible importance of ponds as reservoirs of biodiversity within the landscape and to support capacity development and expertise in pond creation, management, and conservation. This will be achieved through public awareness and community mobilisation whereby communities can learn the value of these small wetland habitats and how they contribute to water quality and the persistence of local wildlife populations while also aiding ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change.
