Mudflats - biodiversity target

• Maintain at least the present extent and regional distribution of the UK`s sand and mudflats. This target will require compensating predicted losses to development by the restoration of mudflats. Whilst this may not be possible in the same location, it should be within the same littoral sediment cell;
• Create and restore enough inter-tidal area over the next 50 years to offset predicted losses to rising sea level in the same period. Predicted losses in the next 15 years should be offset in the next 10 years;
• Restore estuarine water quality to ensure that existing mudflats fulfill their important ecological and conservation role.

Comment: The national biodiversity targets are revised from time to time and updated by the JNCC at http://www.ukbap.org.uk/.