Status and Trends

Information is made available on the changes UK Nature is undergoing and the pressures driving these changes. The information is accessible in collated form via the UK Nature Barometer or through links to the major sources of species, habitats and protected areas monitoring.  Links are also made to species status designations and the sources from which these statuses are assigned.    

 

Forecasts changes in the state of UK Nature by drawing together the results of  biodiversity survey, monitoring, recording and research.

 

A UK programme of work, undertaken by the statutory conservation agencies and co-ordination by JNCC, assesses the condition of each of the species habitats and geological features for such protected area have been designated.

 

Provides information on the methodology and results of JNCC's monitoring and surveillance programmes.  JNCC is a member of several long term surveillance partnerships and these are acknolwedged.

 

Trends in the abundance of species over time are monitored by a variety of surveillance schemes. Some information on change in range and changes in frequency with which species are recorded can also be gleaned from National Recording Schemes. Statistics and trends from both of these sources are collated in the Wildlife Statistics section. There is far less information available on the status and trends of habitats compared with species.

 

There are numerous lists in existence which categorise UK species in terms of rarity, threats and legal protection. A collation of species with such statuses, together with information on the sources from which they are drawn, can be found in the Species Designation section (and you can download the list as a spreadsheet). The ongoing process of assessing the status of species is also discussed under Species Status Assessment programme. 

 

Consultation on the 2nd UK Report on Implementation of the Habitats Directive