Join us - Become a member and/or a volunteer for one of Gloucestershire's conservation charities such as Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society, RSPB, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust or the BTCV.
 

Get out and about - visit a reserve, take a walk or just take part in one of the many events celebrating biodiversity in Gloucestershire.  Check out our Partners websites for their events list.
 

Look after your garden/allotment in a wildlife friendly way.
 

Change your lifestyle - aim to make your lifestyle more "sustainable" by for example, recycling, saving energy and trying to use the car a bit less so that you reduce your impact on the environment.
 

Shop local - When buying your food keep an eye out for locally farmed produce, especially if it has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
 

Tell us what wildlife you've seen - send the Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records (GCER) records of interesting species such as the Stag Beetle or any of the Priority species listed in the Biodiversity Action Plan for Gloucestershire.

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Get together with your community to learn and understand the biodiversity present around you.  Contact Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's People and Wildlife Team for further information on local community based biodiversity projects.
 

Celebrate your parish by having a "Walk the Bounds" or a Wassailing day.  Wildlife projects can bring a community together, everybody like flower trees and birds and butterflies.
 

Where it is needed carry out local surveys of habitats and species and pass the information collected on to the Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records (GCER).  This will help to identify the biodiversity in your parish and can be a focus to encouraging work that benefits wildlife where you live.
 

Manage your local green space for nature conservation.
 

Why not set some targets to improve site for wildlife in your area.  Map veteran trees or put TPO's on them.  Let the wildflowers grow on your roadside verges.
 

The main thing to do is to identify the wildlife features on your land and to look after and enhance these wherever possible.  Speak to the County Wildlife Sites Officer based at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to find out if you own/manage an area of UK BAP Priority Habitat which could be designated as a Key Wildlife Site.
 

Meet your statutory obligations - legislation and planning guidance is in place to help protect biodiversity.  Businesses,  local authorities and other organisations should be aware of what  legislation is relevant to you.
 

Don't just strim it! -  Wherever possible, through appropriate management, maximise the value of your landholding for wildlife.
 

Become a Corporate Champion - your organisation could be in a good position to champion the conservation of individual species or habitat.  Contribute funds to our conservation projects and becoming a sponsor for a priority species or habitat today!
 

Become a Partner - discover the value of our network of contacts, our information and expertise.  If your organisation wants to do more then join Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership.
 

Try to make your work practices as Environmentally Sustainable as possible.  Audit your supply chain - ask your contractors what they are doing for biodiversity.  Use your purchasing power to influence others.
 

Tell us what you are doing - are you already benefitting biodiversity?
 

If you are a student looking for a biodiversity project for school or University thesis, dissertation, etc., why not contact the LBAP coordinator for suggestions.  You can help implement the Gloucestershire LBAP, aid conservation of important habitats and species and gain useful experience and contacts for when you are seeking employment.  You will also have the partnership ready and willing to help you to successfully complete you project, as we all have a stake in you success.