Identification

Title

UK Biodiversity Indicator B6, Pressure from invasive species

Abstract

This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator B6, Pressure from invasive species. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) identifies invasive non-native species as a major threat to biodiversity. Many non-native species do not threaten biodiversity but invasive non-native species can spread disease (e.g. signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus), modify ecosystems (e.g. rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum), drastically reduce populations of native species (e.g. American mink Mustela vison), or hybridise with native species (e.g. ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis). Under the CBD, the United Kingdom has an international obligation to address the impacts of invasive non-native species. In 2008, the UK Government published the Invasive Non-native Species Framework Strategy for Great Britain. The indicator (Figure B6i) shows the change in number of invasive non-native species established across more than 10 per cent of the land area of Great Britain, or more than 10 per cent of the extent of the coastline. There are 180 established invasive non-native species included within the indicator, comprising 39 freshwater species, 34 marine species and 107 terrestrial species. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator B6 the latest data are for 2015. The supporting technical document details the methodology used to create the indicator.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4246

name: page-4246

Unique resource identifier

code

b015050f-3a16-4a97-8853-6658979abefc

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4246 Data set supported by a Word document (B6 - Pressure from invasive species.docx) containing all of the website text, two jpeg images (UKBI2015_B6i_Final.jpg, UKBI2015_B6ii_Final.jpg), and a technical document (UKBI2015_TechBG_B6_Final.docx) detailing the methodology used to create the indicator.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Terrestrial

UK Biodiversity

Evidence

Biodiversity

awareness

indicator

invasive alien species

invasive species

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.65

East bounding longitude

2.0

North bounding latitude

61.0

South bounding latitude

49.77

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1960

End position

2015

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-19

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Source: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, British Trust for Ornithology, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Marine Biological Association, National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel for Windows

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement "Contains public sector information from the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, British Trust for Ornithology, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Marine Biological Association, and National Biodiversity Network Gateway, licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0"

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language

eng