The UK government has quietly decided against publishing more than two-thirds of the metrics it uses to track the health of nature in England this year, including the state of bird populations and fish stocks
, published as a footnote on the website of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs , means that, in an apparent compromise, seven of the 24 annual indicators tracking English biodiversity will be published this year after all.However, many of the omitted indicators, such as progress on tackling invasive species and the status of European habitats, previously showed a deteriorating natural environment.
“This year’s limited set of indicators can’t cover up the story behind the numbers,” Richard Benwell at the Wildlife and Countryside Link coalition told the, which first reported last week’s update. “Instead of rapid progress toward the recovery of species and habitats, we find that sites and species continue to decline.”
The naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham says: “Cherry-picking which ones is just cowardice. Claiming that they need a pause at a time of absolute crisis, that’s like saying we’ll stand down the fire brigade in the middle of the Blitz so we can pull ourselves together and think about what we’re doing. It’s ludicrous. I think principally it’s because the news that will emerge is bad news.”
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