Please lower the criteria required for Formal Strategic Wildlife Corridor Recognition.

Evidence of Rare or Listed Plants and Animals should NOT be a criterion for Wildlife Corridor Recognition: Existing Records are sparse and patchy. It can be assumed that where a linear, naturalised Corridor exists (or could be created) that a vast and varied assemblage of Life will colonise and commute, providing vital links between otherwise isolated (and therefore potentially doomed) Wildlife Havens. Obvious inclusions for SWCs include a link along the narrow gap between Chichester and Lavant, and similarly between Chichester and Fishbourne - including multi-directional options.

Recognised Strategic Wildlife Corridor Recognition should include, wherever possible, the inclusion of small areas specifically Recognised as Wildlife Refuges - ideally, these will be managed and nurtured by local volunteers. These small Refuges or Havens typically will be fenced off, to minimize interference from domestic cats, dogs, and humans - but allow access for hedgehogs, woodmice, and reptiles/amphibians Etc. Include stacks of rotting timber, dense bramble undergrowth.

Vital to successful Wildlife Corridors in especially urbanised environments. A good example being near to and just West of the Southern End of Centurion Way, abutting the live Railway Track Fence.