21. Biodiversity conservation
(a) priority species status, 2005
(b) priority habitat status, 2005
| Species and habitat status since: |
2002 |
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- UK priority species and habitats are those that have been identified
as being most threatened. Biodiversity Action Plans have been put in
place to establish the factors for their decline and the work necessary
for recovery.
- There were 288 assessed species for which the status was known in
2005 (as shown) and 176 (62 per cent) were assessed as stable or increasing.
There were 33 assessed habitats for which the status was known in 2005
(as shown) and 16 (48 per cent) were assessed as stable or increasing.
- For 189 species (including 1 species-group) and 16 habitats the status
was known in both 2002 and 2005 (not shown separately). Of the 189 species,
81 (43 per cent) were declining or lost in 2005 compared with 95 species
(50 per cent) in 2002. Of the 16 habitats, 8 were declining or lost
in both 2005 and 2002.
- Based on the comparison of species and habitats status in 2002 and
2005 there has been a reduction in the number of species lost or declining
and little change for habitats. On this basis the assessment is that
there has been a clear improvement. However the way trends in this indicator
are assessed will be reviewed.
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