{"id":280302,"date":"2025-11-24T08:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280302\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:34:08","slug":"hertfordshire-nature-reserve-plants-classified-as-threatened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280302\/","title":{"rendered":"Hertfordshire nature reserve plants classified as &#8216;threatened&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The GB Red List for Vascular Plants report provides a comprehensive revision of the previous list, published 20 years ago. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The term &#8220;vascular plants&#8221; covers all seed-bearing plants (flowering plants as well as conifers) and pteridophytes (ferns and fern allies). <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Red Lists are created using internationally recognised criteria to assess threat status, and are crucial in providing the evidence that underpins nature conservation, helping prioritise future action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The decline of these plants is not only a loss for wildlife but a warning sign for us all, said Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Many play key roles in supporting pollinators, maintaining healthy soils, and regulating water, all of which people rely on for food, clean air and resilience to climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The GB Red List for Vascular Plants report provides a comprehensive revision of the previous list, published 20&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-280302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}