Nature Conservation
(asked on 5th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government, what was the annual rate of species decline in England in each year between 2010 and 2022.
This question was answered on 13th December 2022
Defra’s indicator of species abundance tracks changes in the relative abundance of widespread and priority species in England, using data for 670 terrestrial animal species in England. Based on available data, the trend in the indicator shows a decline in species abundance of 2.8% per year on average between 2012 and 2018.