Examples of Secondary Support in a sentence
It is expected that in most cases the loss, or partial loss, of Secondary Support Areas will be off-set by the provision of suitable replacement habitats which are supported by an agreed costed habitat management plan and funding secured in perpetuity.
For example, if there is a Secondary Support Area inland from an adjacent Core Area, and the Core Area is low-lying and at risk from sea level rise, there may be a case to raise the importance of the Secondary Support Area to a Primary Support Area.
In this case, there is a risk that the Core Area will be lost over time and the Secondary Support Area would become more important to the SPA birds in the future.
The non-designated sites are classified as Core Areas, Primary Support Areas, Secondary Support Areas, Low Use and Candidate Sites and a map of sites can be viewed here.
In order to safeguard this alternative resource and ensure resilience within the network, there may be a case to raise the importance of the Secondary Support Area to Primary Support Area.