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Sites are included in this list if they are given any of the following designations: Sites of importance in a global context. Biosphere Reserves (BR) World Heritage Sites (WHS) (where biological interest forms part of the reason for designation) all Ramsar Sites; Sites of importance in a European context. all Special Protection Areas (SPA)
Similarly the list of habitats of principal importance in England also derive from the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Both lists were reviewed in 2007, and the total number of UK BAP habitats increased from 45 to 65, and the number of UK BAP species increased from under 600 to 1,150. [4] From these, the formal list just for England (and laid out ...
This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species. Some suffer because of loss of habitat, but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease. See also the list of extinct animals of the British Isles.
The Stone Curlew Action Plan in the original 1994 UK BAP aimed to enhance the English breeding population from around 160 pairs to 200 pairs by the year 2000 [2]. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan summarised the most threatened or rapidly declining biological resources of the United Kingdom, and gave detailed plans for their conservation.
Aerial view of seven of the most important raised bogs sites in Wales; Natural Resources Wales, 2017.. Wales is obliged by law to maintain lists of species and habitats of principal importance for biodiversity conservation; the other countries within the UK: Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, have their own laws for this purpose.
Britain pledged to protect and conserve at least 30% of the country’s land and sea by 2030.
UK sites recognised for their biodiversity conservation importance. Add languages. Add links. Article; ... List of biodiversity conservation sites in the United Kingdom;
Increasingly they are becoming better networked through the activities of the Association of Local Environmental Records Centres, the National Biodiversity Network, Natural England, The Wildlife Trusts partnership and NFBR, which became the National Forum for Biological Recording in 2013. rECOrd is an example of a Local Environmental Records ...