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UK 25-YEAR ENVIRONMENT PLAN

The UK-25 Year Environment Plan A Green Future:
Our 25-Year Plan to Improve the Environment (2018) 25-Year
is an important document regarding biological and
environmental monitoring, covering aquatic and terrestrial
environment
environments. (130)
The environmental information collected will be used to
inform improvement programmes and to report progress
against the objectives determined by the plan. Indeed, the PLAN
biological monitoring information would have been a key
element of developing the 25-Year Plan and in setting its
strategic goals and objectives.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/
uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/
file/693158/25-year-environment-plan.pdf

This 25-Year Plan covers the UK, but it may be implemented
differently by the devolved administrations. The government
is committed to this and states ‘we will continue to work
with the devolved administrations on our shared goal of
protecting our natural heritage’.

The most relevant high-level aim for the aquatic environment
is provided by the Plan’s goal – Clean and Plentiful Water
(Box 6.1). Several other related policies in the plan also
contribute to this aim, including Using and managing land
sustainably, and Recovering nature and enhancing the beauty
of landscapes. This also links to industrial policy, especially
for the water sector and agriculture.

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Figure 6.2
The UK 25-Year Environment Plan (130)

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