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National action plan - Lowland heathland

 

Vision statement
Our knowledge of lowland heathlands has greatly improved during the last 10 yrs. However the lack of a system to record distribution, condition and progress agains targets has made reporting on numerical targets difficult. A GIS-based system is likely to be the only workable way to do this.

HLS should contribute to the long-term maintenance of lowland heathlands (England only).

Lead Partners
Natural England  

Latest UK status
Value Units Accuracy of estimate Date assessed Comments
95116 Hectares Sample or full survey 2008 See entries for each country below. Larger extent due to better mapping.
More status information including Country values >

Latest UK trend
Trend Accuracy of estimate Date assessed Comments
Increasing Best guess 2008 Several LBAPs have reported heathland re-creation projects, which indicate that the habitat is increasing. The records of recent habitat loss are only 0.14%.
More trend information including Country values >

Targets
Code Text UK Status Assessment date
T1 Maintain the current extent of all existing lowland heathland. This targets represents no net loss of habitat. Target achieved 2008
T2 Maintain the area of lowland heathland currently in favourable condition. Target exceeded (due to plan action) 2008
T3 Improve the condition of lowland heathland on sites currently in unfavourable condition. Some progress (behind schedule) 2008
T4 Increase the extent of lowland heathland by 7,600 ha by 2015. Some progress (behind schedule) 2008
T5 Increase the number of heathland patches over 30 ha from 10% of the total resource to 50% by 2030. Some progress (behind schedule) 2008
More target information including country values and progress reports >

Work programme
Code Text Start/End date Contacts
(lead shown bold)		 Status  
NTD&CCastleDrogo2 Piddledown Common
heathland restoration from scrub		 01/01/2004 - ongoing National Trust Underway (on schedule) More >


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