Protection policy – biodiversity plans

The UK Biodiversity Action Plan guides the protection of particular species in the UK. This can mean last ditch attempts to save species from extinction or managing those we have in a more sensitive way.

Species Action Plans concentrate on the species that need most help. Targets are updated and broken down into country level targets.

There are Local Biodiversity Action Plans too. In Wales, we hope to provide selected species targets for all of them.

A further review of priority species should lead to further revisions and new lists in 2007.

Visit the UKBAP web site http://www.ukbap.org.uk/ for plans, reports and links to all the organisations involved in the project to date. You may also wish to visit the Biodiversity Action Reporting System website at http://www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk/