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Reefs
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Reefs are rocky marine habitats or biological concretions that rise from the seabed. They are generally subtidal but ...
Coastal lagoons
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Coastal lagoons are areas of shallow, coastal salt water, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sandbanks, sh...
Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
Published dateFreshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics Dystrophic systems most often occur on 7130 Blanket bogs and may include isolated seasonal pools, random collections of irregularly-shape...
Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
Published dateRocky habitats and caves Description and ecological characteristics Chasmophytic vegetation consists of plant communities that colonise the cracks and fissures of rock faces. The type of plant communi...
Annual vegetation of drift lines
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type occurs on deposits of shingle lying at or above mean high-water spring tides. The types of deposits...
Building better evidence for nature
Published date 2026-04-23Building a UK common evidence base for nature’s recovery Signatories Endorsed by the following organisations, in Winter 2025.Association of Local Environmental Records Centres National CoordinatorBat ...
The UK Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveillance Strategy
Published date 2026-04-24JNCC Terrestrial Biodiversity Evidence Strategy 2020 The JNCC Ecosystems Analysis team has worked with government, the devolved administrations, the country nature conservation bodies and two independ...
IPBES-12
Published date 2026-04-27What is IPBES-12? From 3 to 8 February 2026, the UK hosted the twelfth session of the Plenary of IPBES (IPBES-12) in Manchester, preceded by a Stakeholder Day on 2 February 2026. IPBES is the independ...
UKBI - Sustainable fisheries
Published date 2026-04-24Sustainable fisheries: fish stocks harvested within safe limits Assessment of change Assessment of change in the percentage of stocks harvested sustainably and at full reproductive capacity in the UKM...
UK progress report summary on biodiversity targets published
Published date 2026-05-11A Summary of the UK's 7th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been published today, providing a concise overview of the UK’s 7th National Report (7NR).Our previous news...