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South West Approaches to the Bristol Channel MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Please be advised, a consultation has begun on proposed fisheries management measures in marine protected areas, for which South West Approaches to the Bristol Channel MPA is included as part of the s...
Professor Julia Jones
Published date 2025-06-01Role: Independent memberDate appointed: 1 June 2025ProfileJulia Jones is Professor of Conservation Science in the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University and Prince Bernhard Ch...
Joint Committee
Published date 2025-06-01The Joint Committee leads JNCC and has overall responsibility for our work. Members discuss strategic nature conservation and organisational issues as well as making high-level advice, strategy, fundi...
PoMS Annual Report 2024
Published date 2025-06-23The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS), which engages thousands of citizen scientists to record insects on surveys across the UK countryside and gardens, is emphasising the value of having a wide ...
Supporting sustainable shark tourism in the Maldives
Published date 2025-04-04Shark sanctuaries are areas of the ocean designated to provide safe havens for sharks and can become ecotourism hotspots for divers eager to experience a shark up close. However, ensuring that the div...
GSMP update
Published date 2022-08-30The Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme (GSMP) is changing. Today, JNCC and NatureScot have formed a partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to take forward this important survey sche...
Pobie Bank Reef Survey 0923S (Blog #2): Hide and Seek at Pobie Bank Reef
Published date 2023-08-18Find out the latest from our offshore survey team. In their second blog post on their survey of the Pobie Bank Reef Special Area of Conservation (Survey 0923S), being undertaken with colleagues from t...
OWSMRF Continuation completion
Published date 2023-04-04The Offshore Wind Strategic Monitoring and Research Forum (OWSMRF) has completed three years, identifying priority research areas on marine birds in the UK. OWSMRF is a collaborative partnership led b...
OWEER launch
Published date 2024-11-05The first ever UK-wide register of offshore wind evidence gaps has been launched – developed by our experts in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and fun...
New Experimental Statistic Released
Published date 2021-10-28A new experimental statistic has been released today that will act as an indicator of the global environmental impacts of UK consumption, alongside a globally relevant interactive dashboard. This is t...