Fig 1.
Overview of the review process.
The relevant sections of the manuscript and supplementary material to go to for further information are shown in the right-hand and left-hand columns respectively.
Fig 2.
The most important broad drivers of species’ population changes, 1970–2012.
Positive (green) and negative (blue) impact for each broad driver of change accounting for two percent or more of the total in absolute terms, ordered by absolute impact. Results are presented using all strengths of evidence available and weighting species in the three major taxonomic groups equally (insects, plants and vertebrates).
Table 1.
Broad drivers of change on UK biodiversity, 1970–2012, that accounted for two percent of absolute impact or greater.
Results are presented using all strengths of evidence available and weighting species in the three higher taxonomic groups equally (insects, plants and vertebrates). Full results are given in S1 Appendix.
Fig 3.
The most important broad drivers of species’ population changes, 1970–2012, showing constituent specific drivers.
Positive (green) and negative (blue) impact for each broad driver of change accounting for three percent or more of the total in absolute terms, ordered by absolute impact. Specific drivers (narrow bars) are listed under their associated broad driver (broad bars, italicised text); the impact of specific drivers sum to the total for the broad driver in each case. Results are presented using all strengths of evidence available and weighting species in the three major taxonomic groups equally (insects, plants and vertebrates).
Fig 4.
The most important broad drivers of species’ population changes, 1970–2012, by higher taxonomic group.
Positive (light green) and negative (dark blue) impact for each broad driver of change accounting for two percent or more of the total in absolute terms, ordered by absolute impact; by higher taxonomic group. Impact is shown as a percentage of the impact on that group, i.e. absolute impact sums to 100 for each of the three groups. Results are presented using all strength of evidence available.
Fig 5.
Impact of specific drivers classified as conservation measures in relation to all positive impacts on UK species.
Specific drivers of change with positive impacts accounting for at least 0.75% of absolute impact, showing the positive impact, including conservation and non-conservation actions (dark blue) and the impact of conservation alone (light green), in the latter case both positive and negative impacts are shown. Specific drivers categorised as conservation actions are shown in bold.