UK’s overseas wildlife hotspots to benefit under new strategy

UK’s Overseas Territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and a quarter of the world’s penguins

Over 1,800 endemic species live in the Overseas Territories

The emperor penguin and the green turtle are among the much-loved species set to benefit from a new strategy launched today (28th November) to safeguard our world-leading wildlife hotspots.

The strategy, developed jointly with the governments and administrations across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), sets out a new ambitious framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss across territories spanning from the Antarctic to the Caribbean, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

The territories are home to globally important nature, supporting every one of Earth’s major ecosystems, from coral reefs and rainforests to polar