Plan to create 22 new nature reserves in Glasgow

A total of 22 new nature reserve areas masking around 627 acres are established to be created in Glasgow.

Areas including Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Govan, Castlemilk, Firhill and Petershill are in line to see the extra 254 hectares of green space if council designs get the go-in advance.

As part of a bid to enhance biodiversity, brand name new wildlife havens for people to go to would be developed in a variety of various neighbourhoods whilst some present mother nature reserves would be prolonged.

There are at the moment 12 nature reserves in the metropolis and below the new plans some of them are set to get larger. They presently go over land measuring 522 hectares.

Councillor Anna Richardson, city convener for sustainability and carbon reduction, stated: “We are pretty lucky in Glasgow to have a town with this sort of a diverse array of parks and open areas. The combine of peatlands, wetlands, forestry and other habitats is perhaps unique for an urban surroundings and it is some thing that should really be celebrated.

“Bringing far more open spaces into the community mother nature reserve procedure will aid us to concentrate on how to make the most of Glasgow’s normal planet. Making sure open areas in deprived spots are as available and biodiverse as doable is a priority but we also on the lookout to support and shield the habitats of the city’s wildlife as much as we can.”

Information of the mother nature reserve bid will be offered to the natural environment, sustainability and carbon reduction policy committee following 7 days.

If authorised, it would necessarily mean more than a single hectare of land for each 1000 people today in the metropolis managed “to aid range and enjoyment of nature,” in accordance to the council.

Councillor Richardson additional: “There will be considerable engagement with all applicable stakeholders as we transfer ahead so we can refine these programs and enhance the management of the spaces identified for feasible local nature reserve designation. The city’s biodiversity is underneath danger from the ecological crisis that we all encounter and extending our network of regional mother nature reserves can assistance to defend and maintain Glasgow’s flora and fauna.”

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Councillors at upcoming week’s committee are due to make your mind up no matter whether to refer the neighborhood nature reserve proposal to the town administration committee for approval.

New mother nature reserves or extensions to present reserves will be set in place at:

Bingham’s Pond

Bishop’s Loch

Blairtummock

Cadder

Cardowan Moss

Castlemilk

Cathkin Brae’

Claypits

Cleddan’s Burn off

Commonhead Moss

Cranhill Park

Croftfoot Park

Crookston Wood

Dawsholm Park

Early Braes

Competition Park

Garscadden Burn up

Househill Park

Hurlethill

Malls Mire

Pink Street

Todd’s Nicely.