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European storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Published date 2021-05-20The following has been adapted from original text by P. Ian Mitchell and Stephen F. Newton in Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland (with permission from A&C Black, London). European storm-...
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...
Recruitment and Placements Privacy Notice
Published date 2023-01-24Purpose JNCC is the public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation. Originally established under the Environmental Protection ...
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...
Too many fish in the sea?
Published date 2016-11-07I think it is fair to say that no, there are not too many fish in the sea. However, when you are trying to survey the seabed, you really can have too many fish! In order to groundtruth our acoustic wo...
Geike Slide and Hebridean Slope NCMPA Survey Goodbye Geikie Slide
Published date 2016-08-05Hello once more from the Scotia, where our survey has drawn to a close. We have now begun our journey back to Aberdeen, on Scotland’s East coast, from Geikie Slide and the Hebridean Slope Nature Conse...
UKTEPoP
Published date 2023-04-21Partnership working is an area that we greatly value at JNCC and consequently an area in which we hold considerable expertise and experience. The crucial role of partnership work at JNCC is well illus...
Marine Protected Area Mapper
Published date 2020-10-23The 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...
Protected Areas in Gibraltar
Published date 2021-09-30The UK Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is responsible for overseeing the selection and management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) within its territory. Gib...
International conventions
Published date 2019-04-18The UK is a Contracting Party to a range of environmental Conventions. Conventions are the commonest form of international agreements to encourage a co-ordinated response to managing the environment. ...