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The UK native breed at risk (NBAR) list is for reference when claiming payments under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes.
Cattle Number of breeding females (threshold 7,500). Breeds of cattle at…
(July 2024) UK National Breed Inventory definitions Definition of a breed…
This release provides evidence towards meeting the Global Biodiversity Framework goals and targets.
A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, Biodiversity indicators: 2024 assessment.
Data last updated: December 2024 1. Contact details Responsible…
Each indicator is composed of one or more measures which will show trends…
1. Key messages Overall, more indicators are deteriorating or showing no…
Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the…
1. Reviewing indicators During 2022, the Biodiversity Indicators…
Last updated: 2024 Latest data available: 2024 Introduction The first part…
Note Natural England and Defra have identified a data licensing issue with…
Last updated: 2024 Latest data available: 2019 Introduction This indicator…
Last updated: 2024 There are no data available at the England level for…
Last updated: 2024 Latest data available: 2022 Introduction This indicator…
A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, biodiversity indicators: 2024 assessment.
Annual trends in wild bird populations in the UK and England.
Annual statistics on farm animal genetic resources in the United Kingdom.
Farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) list of at-risk breeds of cattle, horses and ponies, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry; criteria and definitions.
This evidence summary supports the 25 Year Environment Plan and its outcome indicator framework.
This release includes provisional indices of Cormorant population in England, showing change in population between 1987/88 and 2022/23
How to do river habitat surveys to assess rivers and streams.
Discusses the importance of nature in providing ecosystem services and presents recent and historical trends in biodiversity.
Population trends for UK bat species.
Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.
This report explains the benefits of the Natural Flood Management Programme and celebrates its successes.
The impacts of invasive non-native species on the water environment, current control measures and future challenges and approaches.
An overview of the biodiversity challenge. Current actions, plus potential future actions and opportunities.
Presents national-scale trends in the macroinvertebrate communities of English rivers over 29 years.
Explores opportunities for applying advances in DNA and RNA technologies to improve understanding of ecosystem function and resilience.
This project looked at what impact invasive non-native species have on the ecology of sites at which they are recorded.
The Natural Capital Committee’s advice and recommendations on embedding natural capital into public policy appraisal.
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