Grounds and Gardens
Environmental Management Aims and Objectives
Long Term Aims
To establish a campus landscape that provides an aesthetically pleasing image yet is managed with wildlife conservation as an integral part of it.
To manage QUB's estate in a sustainable way to provide for today's needs without compromising the requirements of future generations.
To manage the campus landscape in a manner that creates greater opportunity for biodiversity.
Short Term Aims
The short term aims and objectives are to continually develop mechanisms and new techniques to achieve greater biodiversity, conservation and sustainability in the following areas:-
Conservation Planning and Development
Control of Invasive Species
Information and Research
- Peat and Composting
- Procurement of Goods and Services
- Promoting Conservation Education
The Use of Pesticides
- Waste Reduction