Over 15,000 UK taxa are listed with their conservation designations, collated from multiple national and international lists. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee produced this dataset, which was last updated in June 2026. It includes statuses from conventions like Bern and Bonn, UK legislation such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and various Red List assessments.
Use Cases
- Assessing species rarity and threat levels based on the listed conservation designations.
- Cross-referencing legal protections for taxa under UK and international legislation mentioned in the description.
- Analyzing biodiversity priority by comparing the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) list with other statuses.
- Tracking changes in conservation status over time using the included Global and National Red List data.
Strengths
- Covers over 15,000 taxa, providing a broad scope for analysis.
- Aggregates designations from more than 15 distinct legal and conservation frameworks.
- Includes a guidance document and a list of constituent sources for context.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- The dataset is noted to contain some out-of-date information, though GB Red List data was updated in June 2026.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Collection Method
- Collation of many different designation lists including country-specific lists and those from international conventions.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-02 16:14:16.856158; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Great Britain and the United Kingdom