Policy paper

Statutory species targets Environment Act target delivery plan

Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to statutory species.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 1 December 2025

Applies to England

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Statutory species targets Environment Act target delivery plan

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The Environment Act target delivery plan for statutory species targets.

The Environment Act 2021 set out a series of legally binding statutory targets to significantly improve the natural environment and leave it in a better state for future generations.  

To ensure progress, the Environment Act requires that each statutory target has at least one interim target set in the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) which covers the 5 years from publication of the latest revision of the EIP.  

Published 1 December 2025