Part 1: Environmental Governance Chapter 1: Improving the natural environment Section 3: Environmental targets: species abundance
Section 3 introduces a requirement for the Secretary of State to set a target relating to the abundance of species ("the species abundance target") in secondary legislation by regulations.
	Subsection (2) provides that the specified date for the species abundance target must be 31st December 2030.
	Subsection (3) clarifies the duty to set a species abundance target in this section does not discharge the duty on the Secretary of State to set a further long-term target for biodiversity under section 1.
	Subsection (4) provides that before setting or amending the species abundance target, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that meeting the target, or the amended target, would halt a decline in the abundance of species.
	Subsection (5) clarifies the elements of the environmental targets framework set in section 1 that apply to the species abundance target.
	Subsection (6) defines the "species abundance target" as being the target set under subsection (1).