Welsh Lichen Red List - Lichens of Wales

Rhestr o Gen Data Coch ar gyfer Cymru
A Lichen
Red Data List
for Wales
This report presents the results of a
comprehensive analysis of the current status of
lichens in Wales using the updated IUCN criteria.
It has brought to light a suite of species more
threatened in Wales than in the rest of Britain, as
well as some species threatened in Britain but which
are doing better in Wales. Wales has a responsibility
to protect and conserve all these threatened species,
and it is hoped the findings of this study will be used
to inform priorities for conservation action and
future revisions of the British Red Data Book of
Lichens and the list of lichens that appear in Section
42 of the Natural Environment and Rural
Communities Act (NERC) 2006 (Habitats and species
of principal importance in Wales). It also highlights
those species with Welsh populations of European
and/or world significance.
This report has been produced by Plantlife Cymru
with the support of the Countryside Council for
Wales and the British Lichen Society.
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