Plants: Conservation
Lords · Question HL11693 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Wigley
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland's finding that 26 percent of the 1,720 native plants it studied are threatened with extinction; and what plans they have to protect such species
Answer
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 13 Nov 2025
In England, we have four legally binding targets for biodiversity: to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030; to reverse declines by at least 10% by 2042, when compared with 2030; to reduce the risk of national species extinction by 2042; and to re...