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Inter-agency Air Pollution Group (IAPG)
Published date 2019-04-17Air pollution is a significant pressure on biodiversity. It is a transboundary issue and much of air pollution policy is driven by requirements at UK or international level. To support harmonisation ...
Geological Conservation
Published date 2020-06-18The landforms, rocks, minerals and fossils of the UK are a vast and valuable resource, and tell the story of the country's long and complicated history. They provide evidence of past life, environmen...
Wildlife & Countryside Act
Published date 2020-02-04The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 was enacted primarily to implement the Birds Directive and Bern Convention in Great Britain. The Act received royal assent on 30 October 1981 and was brought into...
Completed Seabed Surveys
Published date 2019-05-31Since 2003 JNCC has been commissioning and collaborating on seabed habitat mapping surveys in UK offshore waters. Our past surveys include: 2019 2018 2017 Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI and North-east...
Guidelines for selection of SSSIs
Published date 2024-11-27Rationale, Operational approach and criteria, Detailed guidelines for habitats and species groups. Part Two of the guidelines is being revised. Introduction The Guidelines for the Selection of Biologi...
West Shetland Shelf MPA
Published date 2025-04-01Status: Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (Nature Conservation MPA) The West Shetland Shelf MPA lies to the north of Scotland in offshore waters 70–150 m deep. Site Lying to the north of Scotl...
Irish Sea Front SPA
Published date 2023-04-04Status: Special Protection Area (SPA) The Irish Sea SPA lies in the Irish Sea, about 35 km south-west of the Isle of Man and 36 km to the north-west of Anglesey, the boundaries of the site are beyond ...
Marine Benthic Data (Management)
Published date 2019-05-07JNCC undertakes a range of data management activities at all stages of a dataset’s life for datasets created through its offshore benthic survey programme. This ensures that the data are well maintain...
Conservation designations for UK taxa – updates
Published date 2023-12-06The list shown below itemises the lists that have been added to the collation of conservation designations for UK taxa, and any updates or amendments, between April 2004 and December 2023. Date o...
Darwin Mounds MPA
Published date 2024-08-22Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC) The Darwin Mounds SAC lies at the north end of the Rockall Trough located approximately 160 km north-west of Cape Wrath, Scotland, with depths between 710 m ...