# The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 3: Conservation status of species

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/810/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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