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Key aspects of Common Standards Monitoring (CSM)
Published date 2022-11-28Features are the species, habitats and geological 'things' which are reasons why sites are protected. For example, they might be: seals, butterflies, breeding birds woodlands, lagoons, heathlands fo...
Simple ARD Service: about the data
Published date 2020-07-20Sentinel satellites in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Copernicus programme provide openly accessible, high-resolution data every few days. The Sentinel-1 (radar) and Sentinel-2 (optical) missions ...
Analyses & trends
Published date 2019-04-09A vast amount of data on species and habitats are collected across the UK, through numerous monitoring approaches and schemes. These range from information gathered 'in the field' by volunteers, to d...
Marine monitoring & mapping
Published date 2019-04-09Monitoring and mapping the marine environment provides crucial evidence on marine species and habitats. The evidence gathered underpins decisions on management and use of the offshore environment. ...
UK Marine Protected Area Datasets for Download
Published date 2025-01-22JNCC provides lists of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and their features, plus spatial MPA boundary layers, via JNCC's Resource Hub. Spatial data can also be explored through JNCC’s interactive map of ...
Spatial prioritisation
Published date 2024-11-27Spatial prioritisation involves figuring out the best actions to take on a piece of land by looking at how an action might work for that land or how an action helps important local environmental prior...
MMMF
Published date 2020-04-15The Marine Monitoring Method Finder brings together a wide range of monitoring guidelines and procedures, and makes them readily available for use via a search bar and spreadsheet tool. These guidelin...
North Channel MPA
Published date 2023-03-31Roughly the size of County Fermanagh, the North Channel SAC has been identified for the protection of harbour porpoise, especially in winter. Map displaying the North Channel MPA boundary and as...
Offshore Brighton MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for Offshore Brighton Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). For more information about what these fisheries measur...
Kentish Knock East MPA
Published date 2025-04-28Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Kentish Knock East MCZ is located approximately 35 km off the east coast of England in the outer Thames Estuary. The Kentish Knock East MCZ lies in the southern ...