PAS 2010
Encyclopedia
PAS 2010 is a Publicly Available Specification
published by the British Standards Institution. It is particularly relevant to land use and spatial planning in terrestrial, coastal and freshwater environments, but its principles can also be applied to planning in the marine environment. It shows where and how competent authorities can have regards to seek to further biodiversity
conversation in the exercise of their planning functions – as required under statutory obligations.
Publicly Available Specification
The PAS is a consultative document where the development process and written format is based on the British Standard model...
published by the British Standards Institution. It is particularly relevant to land use and spatial planning in terrestrial, coastal and freshwater environments, but its principles can also be applied to planning in the marine environment. It shows where and how competent authorities can have regards to seek to further biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
conversation in the exercise of their planning functions – as required under statutory obligations.
- PAS 2010:2006, ISBN 0 580 48844 6