In this article, Nature After Minerals (NAM) - a partnership between the RSPB and Natural England, with support from the minerals industry - looks at the multiple benefits of minerals sites restored to nature conservation and celebrates the achievements of the industry. Potential for nature Minerals sites represent a huge opportunity for nature conservation and a natural environment that is rich in biodiversity, through the creation of new, high-quality, priority habitat. With the restoration of sites, the industry has an unrivalled opportunity to recreate and reconnect witdlife-rich spaces in the wider landscape. In 2006, the RSPB conducted a survey of active minerals sites in England to assess how such sites might be Sble to support UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitat.
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