Recording and Monitoring

Partners whose activities contribute to the delivery of BAP targets will be requested to report their actions and outcomes using the web-based system known as BARS (Biodiversity Action Reporting System).

The following principles apply*

1. Progress should be reported at least annually;
2. Actions and outcomes should only be reported once;
3. Data should be appropriately spatially-referenced;
4. Action data should be recorded quantitatively;
5. Habitat action should be recorded at the priority BAP habitat level;
6. Losses to habitats and of local species populations should be recorded quantitatively;
7. Each BARS action must have a nominated individual who is responsible for reporting.

*Taken from Securing Biodiversity: Reporting Guidelines for the England Biodiversity Strategy Consultation Draft, April 2010.