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Written question asked by Jo Stevens (Labour) on Thursday, 13 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 December 2018 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Toads: Conservation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of trends in biodiversity and habitat degradation in the habitat of the natterjack toad in the last five years.

Answer

The Government reports on the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive, including the conservation status of a number of key habitats and European Protected Species, of which natterjack toad is one. The latest report was published in 2013 and assessed a number of important factors including range, population trends, habitat and pressures on the species.

In summary, this highlighted that natterjack toad distribution in England is well understood and that long term trends show that sites where they can be found, in England, have improved in habitat quantity and quality due to conservation interventions, particularly management funded by Wildlife Enhancement Schemes and Stewardship Schemes.

The full report can be found at the following link:

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Article17Consult_20131010/S1202_ENGLAND.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
202096
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Conservation Biodiversity Toads
Link
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