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The Landscape & Ecology Mitigation Programme (LEMP) is part of St Helena Government’s Airport project run in conjunction with the principle contractor, Basil Read. Amongst its many areas of work, the LEMP team is tasked with regenerating all temporarily disturbed ground caused by the construction of the Airport, and with providing compensatory habitat for all lands permanently lost. This has included re-vegetation using nursery-grown plants and the translocation of endemic plants and lichens, while natural (re)colonisation by endemic and native vegetation has also been observed in certain areas. Details of surveys can be found here.

The planting of endemic scrubwoods between Prosperous Bay Plain and King and Queen Rocks. © St Helena Government (Projects / Conservation Actions, 5 of 6 - Slide ref. 1019)