This study is being undertaken by the Greater Manchester Ecology Unit (external link) in conjunction with the Urban Nature Research Team from the University of Salford (external link) and the University of Manchester.
Its purpose is to establish an ecological framework for the whole of Greater Manchester, including all urban areas as well as open land/countryside. It will seek to address the decline of species diversity in the wider environment, over and above ‘protected sites’. In doing so it aims also to maintain and improve ‘day-to-day’ contact with the natural environment where people live and and improve people’s ‘quality of life’.
The study commenced in April 2006 and is due to conclude in 2009.
