AQW 7057/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
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.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 16 September 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 September 2020
- Answer due by
- 1 October 2020
- Answered
- 29 September 202013 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
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.