The UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework
(Published July 2012)
The UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework was published
on 17 July 2012. It was produced by JNCC and Defra, on behalf of
the Four Countries' Biodiversity Group (4CBG), through which
the environment departments of all four governments in the UK
work together.
The Framework covers the period from 2011 to 2020, and
was developed in response to two main drivers: the
Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD’s) Strategic Plan for
Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its 5 strategic goals and 20 ‘Aichi
Biodiversity Targets’, published in October 2010; and the EU
Biodiversity Strategy (EUBS), released in May 2011.
The Framework shows how the work of the four UK
countries joins up with work at a UK level to achieve the ‘Aichi
Biodiversity Targets’ and the aims of the EU biodiversity
strategy. It identifies the activities required to complement
the country biodiversity strategies, and where work in the country
strategies contributes to international obligations. In
total, 23 areas of work have been identified where all the
countries have agreed that they want to contribute to, and benefit
from, a continued UK focus. An Implementation Plan was produced
in November 2013, which was updated and revised in June
2018. Reporting on progress with the
Implementation Plan is also undertaken.
Most work which was previously carried out
under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP)
is now focussed at the country level (England, Northern Ireland,
Scotland, Wales). Further information about the country
biodiversity strategies can be found through the country-level biodiversity
web-page. Also, many of the tools developed under the UK
BAP remain of use; for example, background information
about the lists of priority habitats and species, which can be
found on the priority species and habitats web-pages.
The lists of priority species and habitats agreed under UK BAP
still form the basis of much biodiversity work in the
countries. Additional relevant information, and links to
archived material, can be found on the UK BAP
web-pages.
The development of the Framework reflects a revised
direction for nature conservation, towards an approach which aims
to consider the management of the environment as a whole, and to
acknowledge and take into account the value of nature in
decision-making. The Framework sets out the
common purpose and shared priorities of the UK and the four
countries, and, as such, is a hugely important document, which is
to be owned, governed, and implemented by the four countries.
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