UK WILDLIFE

Early day motion 52, tabled 25 May 2010 by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 38 members.

That this House is alarmed at a report from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee which reveals that 88 species of wildlife are in decline, with eight species becoming extinct since 1994; is deeply concerned that the assessment of hundreds of threatened species and habitats listed on the UK Biodiversity Action Plan found that 19 types of landscape are also suffering, including mudflats and salt marshes; agrees with Mr Matt Shardlow, Chief Executive of Buglife, the Invertebrate Conservation Trust, that `British wildlife is in crisis; species that have lived here for thousands of years are declining and disappearing'; notes that many of the species have suffered from the loss of their habitats, intensive farming and pollution; and calls on the Government to carry out election pledges on protecting wildlife in order for the UK to meet the new European Union target of halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystems by 2020.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 6, DUP 2, Green 1, Independent 1.