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(13) RGULA'TI N 1 ---Biodiversity {Adopted: <br /> A. Definition: iodi ersity�is the quality of manifesting the broadest possible range of plants and <br /> animals (both vertebrate and rion-vertebrate) that naturally occur or have historically naturally occurred <br /> i <br /> in the habitats of Upper Cape Cod. <br /> B. Critical Characteristics and Presumptions of Significance: are as described in the BioMap and <br /> Living Waters (Guiding Land Conservation and Biodiversity in Massachusetts Core Habitats in <br /> Mashpee, as produced in 2004 by the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, the <br /> Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Massachusetts office of Environmental <br /> Affairs. <br /> The basis for this regulation emanates from section 1. of Chapter 172, where Biodiversity is a cited <br /> wetland value, and the section Legal Protection of Biodiversity, as cited on p. 3 of BioMap and <br /> Living Waters. <br /> As shown on the Mashpee BioMap (displayed in the Mashpee Conservation Office and/or available as <br /> GIS datalayers at www.ma � v i and as described in BioMap and Living Waters, areas that are <br /> BioMap Core Habitats and/or Living Waters Core Habitats are critically important in the maintenance o <br /> biodiversity. As stated on p.4 o -BioMap and Diving Waters,.the use of the information contained in <br /> said-publication is to "....help cities and towns'to prioritize their land protection efforts." <br /> C. Performance Standards: for any project or activity(except as noted i <br />