Paragraph 3 Conservation status of species

United Kingdom

(1)

The conservation status of a species is the sum of the influences acting on the species concerned that may affect the long-term distribution and abundance of its populations.

(2)

The conservation status is favourable if—

(a)

the population dynamics data on the species indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long-term basis as a viable component of its natural habitat;

(b)

the natural range of the species is neither being reduced nor is likely to be reduced for the foreseeable future; and

(c)

there is, and will probably continue to be, a sufficiently large habitat to maintain its populations on a long-term basis.