Risk-based species reintroduction

Committee recommendation

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#11 - Categorise species in the reintroduction register by risk and establish differentiated management processes.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

We recommend that the register contained within the new Strategy should include species categorised according to the risks related to their reintroduction. Of those that it has not ruled out, the Government should categorise regularly requested species into low, medium and high risk and create differentiated channels and processes for the proportionate management of cases in each risk...

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Committee recommendation

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#10 - Identify commonly requested low-risk species for inclusion in the reintroduction register.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The current system for reintroducing species is overly bureaucratic, hindering nature recovery. There are many species—particularly amongst plants, fungi, and insects—that pose little or no risk. Identifying and supporting those low-risk species would give confidence to stakeholders seeking to reintroduce them and reduce the burden on the Department, allowing it to focus on more complex and high-risk cases....

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Committee recommendation

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#17 - Revise and reissue species reintroduction code and guidance by January 2024.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Government should revise the species reintroduction code and guidance by January 2024 and reissue it alongside the new Strategy. The revised code and guidance should be available via the species reintroduction hub when it is launched. (Paragraph 46) Management plans and rapid responses

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Committee recommendation

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#14 - Establish an online species reintroduction hub by June 2024, integrating register and licensing conditions.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Government should create an online species reintroduction hub by June 2024, supported by the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce and Stakeholder Forum, for parties interested in the reintroduction of species. The hub should be a one-stop shop for good practice and collaboration and its advice should be aligned with a national reintroduction strategy. The hub should display the...

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Committee recommendation

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#6 - Include a register of supported and unsupported reintroduction species in the Strategy, reviewed annually.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Using evidence from the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce and its Stakeholder Forum, the Government should agree on the plant and animal species it is willing and able to support the reintroduction of in England and bring this information together in a register. This register should be included in the Strategy and should be reviewed by the Taskforce every...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#12 - Subject high-risk reintroductions to independent impact assessments and consult local communities.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

We recommend that the Government should be clear how the classification of species determines the requirements for stakeholder consultation and involvement of the Department. We recommend that all species categorised as high-risk reintroductions should be subject to a national, independent impact assessment assessing their potential benefits and risks, including to food production, infrastructure and disease implications. Local communities...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#16 - Update the 2021 species reintroduction guidance to reflect new risks and standards.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Government’s 2021 code and guidance for species reintroductions form a valuable tool, but it must be revised and updated to maintain high project standards, for example in relation to assisted colonisation, disease risks, exit strategies, impact assessments, large predators and herbivores, and more effective stakeholder consultation. The England Species Reintroductions Taskforce, and its Stakeholder Forum, should feed...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#13 - Central species reintroduction hub would improve collaboration and coordination for recovery.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Creating a central species reintroduction hub designed to be a one-stop shop for interested parties would be a positive step forward to improve collaboration and coordination in this policy area. The value of any hub lies in its ability to bring good practice guidance, licensing information, and sign-up opportunities together, as well as bringing people together for the...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#7 - England Species Reintroductions Taskforce undermined by slow establishment and lack of stakeholder engagement.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

We welcome the formation of the Defra England Species Reintroductions Taskforce. However, we regret that the positive impact it has the potential to create has been undermined by its slow establishment and resultant lack of stakeholder engagement. The Defra proposed species reintroduction Stakeholder Forum, created to support the work of the Taskforce, has an important role to play...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#5 - Publish a long-term strategy on species reintroduction, including a priority species list, by January 2024.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Government should produce a list of priority species for reintroduction as part of a long-term strategy on species reintroduction in tandem with the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce. This will allow stakeholders to plan applications ahead of time and have a more strategic, coordinated approach to projects to benefit nature recovery. This strategy should be published by January...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#4 - Failure to provide priority species list hinders biodiversity and reintroduction strategy

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Despite assurances by the Minister that we would be provided a list of priority species for reintroduction in June, in a letter to the Committee on 14 June the Minister said that the Department does not prioritise species but that she would discuss the information that could be provided with the Chair of the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce....

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#21 - Require risk assessments and management plans before granting protected status to species.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

If a reintroduced species is to be given protected status (as in the case of beavers), a risk assessment and management plan should be in place in advance of the protected status being granted. The protected status of beavers should be reviewed by the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce in consultation with the Stakeholder Forum. (Paragraph 56) 24 Species...

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Committee recommendation

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#18 - Implement government-funded compensation and rapid response for land managers impacted by reintroductions.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

We have seen first-hand in Bavaria that crop damage compensation and mitigating works, such as substantial structural changes to the drainage system, were major calls on the public purse, requiring bold decisions and significant funding. The annual budget for compensating farmers for damage to crops such as maize and sugar beet amounted to €450,000 alone. We also saw...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#3 - Government lacks clear vision and support for plant and animal reintroductions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

It is unclear which plant and animal reintroductions the Government supports and there is no current long-term vision for how reintroductions fit into the Government’s species abundance targets. This has caused confusion and concern between stakeholders seeking to reintroduce certain species, and amongst those against the reintroduction of such species, for example beavers.

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#9 - Publicise Stakeholder Forum sign-up and terms of reference by October 2023.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

A sign-up opportunity and terms of reference for the Stakeholder Forum should be publicised by October 2023 with the first meeting taking place before 2024. The Stakeholder Forum should inform the risk-based categorisation of species and be consulted before changes are made to classifications.

Matched on terms: based, specie

Committee recommendation

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#19 - Form and fund localised rapid response consultant networks to address reintroduced species impacts.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Government should implement localised control and management systems by forming and funding a network of rapid response consultants by 2026. The rapid response consultants should be members of the local community and be empowered to make prompt decisions on the remedial action to be taken where problems caused by reintroduced species are identified. The framework for creating...

Matched on terms: specie

Committee recommendation

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#20 - Make budgetary provision for sufficient support and funding for affected land managers.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Those affected by the reintroduction of species, including farmers and land managers, must have access to sufficient support and funding to prevent and deal with potential negative impacts. Budgetary provision should be made for this as part of the Government’s reintroduction strategy. The framework for this provision should be included in the strategy outlined above.

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#15 - Clarify and resolve the conservation translocation licensing regime inconsistencies.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

There is little support for the current conservation translocation licensing regime: on the one hand some stakeholders said that it is too bureaucratic, and, on the other we heard that the existing system is not stringent enough. As a priority, the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce should seek to clarify and resolve this situation. The Government should clarify its...

Matched on terms: reintroduction, specie

Committee recommendation

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#8 - Engage urgently with stakeholders and publish a protocol for Taskforce consultation and advice.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Urgent stakeholder engagement is required to build relationships with key individuals; these stakeholders should have an open invitation to join the Stakeholder Forum and be able to feed into Taskforce decisions through it. The Government should be clear when the Taskforce is expected to provide advice and the influence of that evidence. In cases where the Taskforce’s recommendations...

Matched on terms: reintroduction

Inquiry recommendation

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LADB-10 - Prohibit changes to line 3 operations until risk assessment proves safety

Ladbroke Grove Inquiry

No change should be made in the direction of running on line 3 or in the current speed limits on any of the lines out to two miles six chains from Paddington Station unless and until the following have been done to the satisfaction of the HMRI, namely: (i) a risk assessment has demonstrated that the change can...

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