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Biodiversity
We own 21,992 ha of land encompassing almost 6000 sites of which 24 are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI’s). We have agreements and partnerships in place to manage these SSSI’s for biodiversity and public access.
Although the latest condition of our English SSSIs remain unchanged from 2006/07, at 60.2% by area in favourable or unfavourable recovering condition, against a UK Government targets of 95% by 2010, Natural England did discharge a number of remedies at our Charnwood Reservoirs and praised us for the significant progress we were making towards the 2010 target.
Charnwood Reservoirs Catchment Project
One area of particular note was the Charnwood Reservoirs Catchment Project. This partnership between Severn Trent Water, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group, DEFRA and Leicestshire & Rutland Wildlife Trust, has spoken to almost 66% of the landowners around the reservoirs, encouraging several of them to take up Environmental Stewardship which will help to reverse the declining condition of the three SSSI’s in this area.