England's National Parks - Beacons for Biodiversity

England’s National Park Authorities have published a new report that demonstrates how National Parks are central to efforts to halt biodiversity loss.  The report comes during the International Year of Biodiversity, and follows the setting of a European target to halt biodiversity loss by 2020 and agreements at the international Convention on Biological Diversity Conference held in Nagoya in October 2010.

An independent review of England’s wildlife sites, the Making Space for Nature review, was published in September. This recognised the richness of wildlife in National Parks and the potential for National Parks to become exemplars in managing and connecting habitats for ecological and wider benefits.

The 'Beacons for Biodiversity' report makes clear the National Parks’ ambition to see wildlife flourishing and habitats restored, expanded, and linked to other ecological networks.  This will involve close working with farmers, land managers, local communities and wildlife NGOs. The initiative has been welcomed by leading figures from the RSPB, NFU, and Natural England.

The report can be downloaded here and has been designed to be read onscreen.

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