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Table 2: Targets against indicators
Indicator number, title, and measures
where applicable
Targets
(primary
indicator)
Targets
(relevant
indicator)
Strategic Goal A: (mainstreaming) Address the underlying causes of biodiversity
loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society
A1. Awareness, understanding and support for conservation
T1
A2. Taking action for nature: volunteer time spent in
biodiversity conservation
T1
A3. Value of biodiversity integrated into decision making
T2, T4
A4. Global biodiversity impacts of UK economic activity/
sustainable consumption
T4
Strategic Goal B: (pressures) Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and
promote sustainable use
B1. Agricultural
and forest area
under
environmental
management
schemes
B1ai. Higher-level /
B1a. Area of land
targeted schemes
under agrienvironment schemes B1aii. Entry-level
type schemes
T3, T7
T4
B2. Sustainable fisheries
T6
T4
B3. Integration of biodiversity considerations into business
activity (possibly to be re-numbered as A5)
T4
T2, T3
B4. Pressure from climate change
T10
B5. Pressure from
pollution
B1b. Area of forestry land certified as
sustainably managed
B5ai. Area
affected by
acidity
B5a. Air pollution
B5aii. Area
affected
by nitrogen
T10, T8
B5b. Marine pollution
B6a. Freshwater
invasive species
B6. Pressure from invasive species
B6b. Marine invasive
species
T10
B6c. Terrestrial
invasive species
T8
B7. Water quality
1
T5, T14
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Indicator number, title, and measures
where applicable
Targets
(primary
indicator)
Targets
(relevant
indicator)
Strategic Goal C: (status) To improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding
ecosystems, species and genetic diversity
C1a. Total area of
protected sites: on land
C1. Protected sites
C1b. Total area of
protected sites: at sea
T11
C1c. Condition of
A/SSSIs
C2. Habitat connectivity
C2a. Broad-leaved,
mixed and yew
woodland
T5
T11
C2b. Neutral grassland
C3. Status of threatened habitats
T5
C4. Status of threatened species
T12
C5a. Farmland birds
C5b. Woodland birds
C5. Birds of the wider countryside
and at sea
T5, T7, T11,
T12, T13,
T14, T15
C5c. Wetland birds
C5d. Seabirds
C5e. Wintering
waterbirds
C6. Insects of the wider countryside
(butterflies)
C6a. Semi-natural
habitat specialists
T5, T7, T11,
T12, T13,
T14, T15
C6b. Species of the
wider countryside
C7a. Arable and
horticultural land
C7. Plants of the wider countryside
T5, T7, T11,
T12, T13,
T14, T15
C7b. Woodland and
grassland
C7c. Boundary
habitats
T5, T7, T11
T12, T13,
T14, T15
C8. Mammals of the wider countryside (bats)
C9. Genetic resources for food and
agriculture
C9a. Native sheep
breeds
C9b. Native cattle
breeds
2
T13
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Indicator number, title, and measures
where applicable
Targets
(primary
indicator)
Targets
(relevant
indicator)
Strategic Goal D: (benefits) Enhance the benefits to all from biodiversity and
ecosystems
D1. Biodiversity and ecosystem services (marine – fish size
classes in the North Sea)
T14, T15
D2. Biodiversity and ecosystem services (other)
T14, T15
T4, T6
Strategic Goal E: (implementation) Enhance implementation through planning,
knowledge management and capacity building
T19
E1. Biodiversity data for decision making
E2. Expenditure on domestic and
international biodiversity
E2a. Expenditure on
UK biodiversity
E2b. UK expenditure
on international
biodiversity
3
T20
T2, T3