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In January 2006,
Wildlife and Countryside Link
(Link) published a challenge to Government by setting out what we
thought the 2010 biodiversity commitment meant, what needed to
happen and how progress should be measured. We promised to look at
progress on an annual basis, potentially to highlight successes or
failures around the turn of the year, and produced our first
assessment in early 2007.
Presented below is our assessment
of progress during 2007 against the performance indicators we included in the
original
leaflet. This second annual assessment has been made at an England
level, but in some cases we have used broader information for
the UK. We have also indicated how the assessment compares to
the first annual assessment in brackets.
Green indicates that good progress
is being made, amber means moderate progress has taken place, and
red means progress has been poor. Click on any of
the traffic lights for more information, or
click here
to view the entire
assessment.
1. Protecting and enhancing threatened species and habitats
(Stop the rot)
Our performance indicator: No BAP priority
species and habitats ‘still declining' by 2010.
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(down from amber) |
2. Protecting and managing our finest wildlife sites
(Protect the best)
Our performance indicators
a) Marine: 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: |
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(unchanged) |
b) Terrestrial and freshwater: 95% of UK SSSI/ASSIs
in favourable condition by 2010.
| Assessment: |
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(up from amber) |
3. Making space for biodiversity (Restore the rest)
Our performance Indicators
a) Wider countryside: By 2010, there should be
a positive trend in the indices for farmland and woodland bird
populations, for bats and for butterflies.
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Bats: |
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Butterflies: |
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b) Education: 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.
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(unchanged) |
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