AQW 7057/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 16/09/2020
Answered On Date: 29/09/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether an updated Northern Ireland Species Action Plan will be published in conjunction with the revised Northern Ireland Biodiversity Strategy.

Answer:

Individual Species Action Plans were produced in the past by the then Environment and Heritage Service, and there are no current plans to update these although they remain useful sources of information. More focussed action is being developed for some species such as Red squirrel and curlew, and other farmland wading birds.