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UK conservation goals insufficient to save ants and bees, says expert

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Natural England’s red list and biodiversity indicators are used to measure changes in species abundance and as the baseline measures for targets to halt species extinction.

However, the government has admitted the lists have critical gaps as they do not account for large groups such as moths, lice and hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants) If they are not included in official metrics, statutory targets could be met even if all the UK 's bees and wasps were to go extinct.

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