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Nature Conservation MPAs
Published date 2019-05-02Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a type of marine protected area that can be designated in Scottish territorial and offshore waters. Nature Conservation MPAs protect a range of n...
Article 12 and 17 reports
Published date 2019-12-06As part of our work for the UK Government, JNCC co-ordinated the production of periodic reports to be submitted to the European Commission to show progress towards meeting the objectives of the Birds ...
Marine mammals
Published date 2019-11-04Monitoring Monitoring marine mammals is essential to understanding their conservation status and need for, and effectiveness of, management measures. Some of the marine mammal monitoring programmes su...
Climate Smart MPAs
Published date 2020-01-14Finding solutions to tackle climate change is a key priority for the UK and international community. One emerging area of focus is ‘nature-based solutions’; utilising our knowledge of ecosystems and t...
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
Published date 2019-05-02Many waterbird species migrate huge distances as part of their annual cycles. They require good habitat for breeding as well as networks of suitable sites to support them along their migration routes....
Marine Protected Area Mapper
Published date 2024-12-12The JNCC Marine Protected Area (MPA) mapper is an interactive resource containing information on the MPAs designated in UK and Crown Dependency waters. The mapper displays MPA boundaries in all UK a...
Professor Steve Ormerod
Published date 2019-06-05Role: Board member of Natural Resource WalesDate appointed: December 2018 Profile Steve Ormerod is one of the world's leading applied freshwater ecologists whose research focuses on the effects of glo...
Our Company Board
Published date 2025-01-31The Company Board consists of directors, who are members of the Committee, plus the Chief Executive of JNCC Support Co. The Joint Committee has delegated to the Company the operational delivery of th...
Convention on Biological Diversity
Published date 2024-05-09The Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention or CBD) entered into force in December 1993, and has been ratified by almost 200 nations. The CBD is a 'Rio Convention' – it is one of ...
MEPCA indicator
Published date 2024-12-03The JNCC report 'Development and testing of the Management Effectiveness of Protected and Conserved Areas (MEPCA) Indicator. Volume 1' and 'Volume 2 Appendices' is now available. Volume 2 includes the...