UK biodiversity declining, in spite of government and NGO efforts

[Barrett808]

Conservationists criticise the government for failing to provide the resources to protect dwindling species.

Biodiversity in the UK is continuing to decline according to statistics released by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Defra is studying these trends as part a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), aiming to "significantly reduce the rate of species loss by 2010".

But conservationists are "very concerned" the target will not be met.

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http://desdemonadespair.blogspot.com/2009/04/uk-biodiversity-declining-in-spite-of.html

[provis99]

1. what biodiversity?

I thought the island had been pretty much cleaned out of any indigenous species by now, other than the hedgehog.