United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan
The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan or (UK BAP) was the UK government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The UK was the first country to produce a national Biodiversity Action Plan. It was published in 1994 and created action plans for priority species and habitats in the UK that were most under threat so as to support their recovery.
Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) - a 'Priority Species', listed in the UK BAP.
The Stone Curlew Action Plan in the original 1994 UK BAP aimed to enhance the English breeding population from around 160 pairs to 200 pairs by the year 2000
Reedbed at Chippenham Fen - a UK Priority Habitat
A biodiversity action plan (BAP) is an internationally recognized program addressing threatened species and habitats and is designed to protect and restore biological systems. The original impetus for these plans derives from the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). As of 2009, 191 countries have ratified the CBD, but only a fraction of these have developed substantive BAP documents.
Diademed sifaka, an endangered primate of Madagascar
Snow leopard, Pakistan, an endangered species
The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia
Fowlsheugh cliffs, Scotland, a protected seabird breeding habitat
