Hedgehogs join ‘protection’ list
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30 August 2007
Endangered & Extinction, Habitat
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Hedgehogs and house sparrows have been included on an updated list of species and habitats which need protection.
The new Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) has identified 1,149 species and 65 habitats in the UK as being in need of conservation and greater protection.
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But the latest BAP shows that a number of species have benefited from being featured on the original list 10 years ago. The numbers of ladybird spiders and lady’s slipper orchids are at a 50-year high.
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As well as outlining the state of British species, it also contributes to global conservation commitments, outlined in the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Biodiversity Minister Joan Ruddock said the updated action plan would help shape the government’s conservation policy.
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Tidier gardens and urbanisation are blamed for hedgehogs’ decline
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