Halting Biodiversity Loss By 2010
Halting Biodiversity Loss By 2010
16•02•2010In January 2006, Wildlife and Countryside Link (Link) published a challenge to Government by setting out what we thought the 2010 biodiversity commitment meant and how progress should be measured. We agreed to look at progress on an annual basis, to highlight successes or failures around the turn of the year.
Presented below is our 2010 assessment of progress during 2009, against the performance indicators we included in our original leaflet. These assessments have been made at an England level, but in some cases, we have had to use broader information for the UK. Green indicates that good progress is being made, amber means moderate progress has taken place and red means progress has been poor.
Recognising that the end of 2010 is now only months away we have set out eight areas where urgent action by Government is needed in England. These are;
- An effective surveillance strategy
- Resources to deliver species and habitat conservation
- Support for Local Authorities.
- Marine sites designated.
- Delivering sustained recovery of SSSIs/ASSIs
- Agri-Environment Schemes
- Water policy delivers for biodiversity
- Resources for out of classroom learning
For more information, click here for a copy of the full report.
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1. Protecting and enhancing threatened species and habitats (Stop the rot)
Performance indicator: No BAP priority species and habitats ‘still declining’ by 2010
Assessment – Amber/Red (unchanged)
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2. Protecting and managing our finest wildlife sites (Protect the best)
a) Marine
Performance indicator: A complete Marine Protected Area network (including Natura 2000 sites, OSPAR MPAs nationally important marine sites and Highly Protected Marine Reserves) identified and notified by 2010
Assessment – Amber (upgraded from Amber/Red)
b) Terrestrial and freshwater sites
Performance indicator: 95% of UK SSSI/ASSIs in favourable condition by 2010
Assessment - Green/Amber (unchanged)
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3. Making space for biodiversity (Restore the rest)
a) Wider countryside
Performance Indicator: By 2010, there should be a positive trend in the indices for farmland and woodland bird populations, for bats and for butterflies.
Birds: Assessment - Amber/Red (unchanged)
Bats: Assessment - Amber (unchanged)
Butterflies: Assessment - Amber (unchanged)
b) Education
Performance Indicator: By 2010, all school children should have gained experience of the natural world through out-of-classroom learning as an integral part of school education.
Assessment: Amber (upgraded from Amber/Red) |
