Alien Invasive Species
6.74 Invasive non-native plant and animal species can represent a major threat to biodiversity. They can negatively impact native species, transform habitats and threaten whole ecosystems with serious implications for the natural and built environment and the economy. Cork City Council will work with landowners, stakeholders and local communities to prevent the introduction and spread of alien invasive species.
Ecosystems Services Approach and Natural Capital
6.76 Cork City Council will promote an Ecosystem Services Approach, following the above principles, in its decision-making processes, including those relating to the preparation of statutory land use plans. 6.77 In recognition of the need to manage natural capital, provisions have been integrated into this Plan tha will contribute towards management of air quality, noise and light pollution, water quality and integrated river basin management.
6.75 In preparing this Draft Plan and developing objectives, Cork City Council has followed these Ecosystem Services Approach principles: • Consideration of natural systems by using knowledge of interactions in nature and how ecosystems function. • Taking into account the services that ecosystems provide, including those that underpin social and economic wellbeing, such as flood and climate regulation, resources for food, fibre, fuel, or for recreation, culture and quality of life. • Involving people, those who benefit from the ecosystem services and those managing them need to be involved in decisions that affect them. Public consultation has informed the preparation of this Plan, which will be refined before adoption, taking into account observations made on the Draft Plan during public display.
1 Ecosystems are multifunctional communities of living organisms interacting with each other and their environment. Ecosystems provide a series of services for human well-being (ecosystem services) either directly or indirectly contributing towards human wellbeing. 2 Renewable and non-renewable resources (e.g. plants, animals, air, water, soils, minerals).
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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
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