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Natural resource protection and enhancing the environment
21. Biodiversity conservation
(a) priority species status 1999 - 2008
(b) priority habitat status, 1999 to 2008
Priority species that are stable or increasing |
since: |
1990 |
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2003 |
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Priority habitats that are stable or increasing |
since: |
1990 |
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2003 |
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- Priority Species and Habitats are those that have been identified as being most in need of conservation action in the UK. Their status has been assessed once every three years since 1999.
- Comparison of the earliest available and most recent assessment for each species show that the number either ‘stable’ or ‘increasing’ (in number or extent) has risen by 3.5 per cent from 202 to 214. The number decreasing (or lost) fell from 137 to 125.
- In 2008, an assessment was made for 287 species, and, 88 were declining and 6 had been lost from the UK since the Plan was published in 1994. Those that are stable may have populations well below target levels.
- Comparison of the earliest available and most recent assessment for each habitat show the number either ‘stable’ or ‘increasing’ (in extent) has fallen by 2.5 per cent from 21 to 20. In 2008, an assessment was made of 35 habitats; 15 (44 per cent) were declining in extent.
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Updated: 30 July 2009