Statistical data set

ENV09 - England biodiversity indicators

Name: ENV09 - England biodiversity indicators
Creator: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published: 2012-05-29T00:00:00+01:00

A snapshot of the current status of biodiversity in England and how it’s changing.

From:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Published:

29 May 2012

Last updated:

25 February 2026

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25 February 2026
Extent and condition of priority habitats data added.
2 December 2025
Annual update.
18 February 2025
Added extent and condition of priority habitats indicators.
10 December 2024
Annual update.
8 April 2024
Following indicators updated: 2a, 2b, 3, 4b, 4c, 8, 12b, 13
30 January 2024
Dataset amended and title of one indicator changed.
16 January 2024
Figure updated in the dataset England Biodiversity Indicator 1 (Protected sites) due to missing data. The assessment results have not changed.
28 November 2023
Landing page text amended.
14 November 2023
Annual update November 2023.
24 March 2023
Updated with 2022 SSSI condition data. When indicator 1 extent data was removed in December 2022 due to underlying issues, the condition data was removed at the same time. The condition data has not been affected by the issues and has been reinstated’ to the ‘Last updated.
21 February 2023
Main dataset amended and re-published.
19 December 2022
We have been made aware of a potential issue with the data relating to England 1. Whilst this is being investigated we have removed this year’s indicator. Until this is resolved the indicator from last year remains relevant.
14 December 2022
Updates to seven of the biodiversity indicators for 2022.
20 October 2021
Dataset updated with 2021 version.
15 October 2020
2020 Assessement published.
5 December 2019
Revisions to summary text and dataset.
5 September 2019
Annual update.
19 July 2018
Annual update published
3 August 2017
This is a 2017 update to the strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, biodiversity 2020 indicators.
30 November 2016
Update : Indicator C9a: Animal Genetic Resources was corrected and updated 30 November 2016
19 January 2016
England 2015 biodiversity dataseries published
4 December 2014
New biodiversity datasets
29 October 2013
2013 edition
29 May 2012
First published.

These datasets relate to the most recent publication of the Biodiversity Indicators, which includes 22 indicators that give an overview of biodiversity in England.