| # |
Target |
Related Aichi Target(s) |
| 1 |
Better wildlife habitats with 90% of priority habitats in favourable or recovering condition and at least 50% of SSSIs in favourable condition, while maintaining at least 95% in favourable or recovering condition |
5 |
| 2 |
More, bigger and less fragmented areas for wildlife, with no net loss of priority habitat and an increase in the overall extent of priority habitats by at least 200,000 ha |
5 |
| 3 |
By 2020, at least 17% of land and inland water, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, conserved through effective, integrated and joined up approaches to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services including through management of our existing systems of protected areas and the establishment of nature improvement areas |
11 |
| 4 |
Restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems as a contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation |
15 |
| 5 |
By the end of 2016 in excess of 25% of English waters will be contained in a well managed Marine Protected Area network that helps deliver ecological coherence by conserving representative marine habitats |
11 |
| 6 |
By 2020 we will be managing and harvesting fish sustainably |
6 |
| 7 |
By 2022 we will have marine plans in place covering the whole of England’s marine area, ensuring the sustainable development of our seas, integrating economic growth, social need and ecosystem management |
6 |
| 8 |
By 2020, we will see an overall improvement in the status of our wildlife and will have prevented further human induced extinctions of known threatened species |
12 |
| 9 |
By 2020, significantly more people will be engaged in biodiversity issues, aware of its value and taking positive action |
1 |
| 10 |
Establish more coherent and resilient ecological networks on land that safeguard ecosystem services for the benefit of wildlife and people |
11 |
| 11 |
Establish and effectively manage an ecologically coherent network of marine protected areas which covers in excess of 25% of English waters by the end of 2016, and which contributes to the UK’s achievement of Good Environmental Status under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
11 |
| 12 |
Take targeted action for the recovery of priority species, whose conservation is not delivered through wider habitat-based and ecosystem measures |
12 |
| 13 |
Ensure that ‘agricultural’ genetic diversity is conserved and enhanced wherever appropriate |
13 |
| 14 |
Work with the biodiversity partnership to engage significantly more people in biodiversity issues, increase awareness of the value of biodiversity and increase the number of people taking positive action |
1 |
| 15 |
Promote taking better account of the values of biodiversity in public and private sector decision-making, including by providing tools to help consider a wider range of ecosystem services |
2 |
| 16 |
Develop new and innovative financing mechanisms to direct more funding towards the achievement of biodiversity outcomes |
20 |
| 17 |
Improve the delivery of environmental outcomes from agricultural land management practices, whilst increasing food production |
7 |
| 18 |
mplement actions and reforms to ensure fisheries management directly supports the achievement of wider environmental objectives, including the achievement of Good Environmental Status under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
6 |
| 19 |
Reduce air pollution impacts on biodiversity through approaches at national, UK, EU and international levels targeted at the sectors which are the source of the relevant pollutants (nitrogen oxides, ozone, sulphur dioxide, ammonia) |
8 |
| 20 |
Continue to implement the Invasive Non-Native Species Framework Strategy for Great Britain |
9 |
| 21 |
Reform the Common Agricultural Policy to achieve greater environmental benefits |
7 |
| 22 |
Bring a greater proportion of our existing woodlands into sustainable management and expand the area of woodland in England |
7 |
| 23 |
Through reforms of the planning system, take a strategic approach to planning for nature within and across local areas. This approach will guide development to the best locations, encourage greener design and enable development to enhance natural networks. We will retain the protection and improvement of the natural environment as core objectives of the planning system |
2 |
| 24 |
Establish a new, voluntary approach to biodiversity offsets and test our approach in pilot areas |
3 |
| 25 |
Align measures to protect the water environment with action for biodiversity, including through the river basin planning approach under the EU Water Framework Directive |
14 |
| 26 |
Continue to promote approaches to flood and erosion management which conserve the natural environment and improve biodiversity |
5 |
| 27 |
Reform the water abstraction regime. The new regime will provide clearer signals to abstractors to make the necessary investments to meet water needs and protect ecosystem functioning. We will also take steps to tackle the legacy of unsustainable abstraction more efficiently |
14 |
| 28 |
Develop 10 Marine Plans which integrate economic, social and environmental considerations, and which will guide decision-makers when making any decision that affects, or might affect, a marine area. This action in England is part of the UK vision for ‘clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas’ |
6 |
| 29 |
Work collaboratively across Defra and the relevant agencies to direct research investment within Government to areas of highest priority to deliver the outcomes and priorities set out in this strategy, and in partnership with the Research Councils and other organizations in the UK and Europe to build the evidence base |
19 |
| 30 |
Put robust, reliable and more co-ordinated arrangements in place, to monitor changes in the state of biodiversity and also the flow of benefits and services it provides us, to ensure that we can assess the outcomes of this strategy |
19 |
| 31 |
Improve public access to biodiversity data and other environmental information – putting power into the hands of people to act and hold others to account. Also communicate progress towards the outcomes and priorities of this strategy and make available information to support decision-making at a range of scales to help others contribute to the outcomes (more detail is set out in chapter 3) |
19 |
