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Dogger Bank MPA
Published date 2026-09-21Dogger Bank MPA The Dogger Bank is the largest sandbank in UK waters and is home to a variety of species which live both on and within the sandy sediment. These species include segmented polycha...
Stanton Banks MPA
Published date 2026-09-22Stanton Banks MPA Located south of the Outer Hebrides, the Stanton Banks are a series of granite ridges up to 160 m tall that protrude from the seabed at 190 m deep.The tops of these ridges are smooth...
West Shetland Shelf MPA
Published date 2026-10-01West Shetland Shelf MPA Lying to the north of Scotland in offshore waters, 70–150 m deep, the West Shetland Shelf MPA is designated for the wide variety of sand and gravel habitats present in the area...
Blog 2023 - Celebrating International Geodiversity Day 2023
Published date 2026-10-02Celebrating International Geodiversity Day 2023 By Inter-Agency Geodiversity Liaison GroupToday (Friday 6 October 2023) is International Geodiversity Day, an annual worldwide celebration and prom...
Collaborative seabed mapping reveals rare coral colony in UK waters
Published date 2026-09-29A rare pink sea fan colony (Eunicella verrucosa) has been discovered off of the south-west coast of England.The discovery was made using camera tow imagery and data collected during CSM2026, a four-we...
Geological Conservation
Published date 2026-10-06Geoconservation in the UK involves recognising, protecting and managing sites and landscapes identified as important for their rocks, fossils, minerals, or other geological or geomorphological fe...
Citizen science survey methods and tools
Published date 2026-10-08Monitoring for nature recovery and local change: survey methods and tools Before choosing a survey method, be clear about what you want to find out. Ask yourself: Which species, habitats or ecolo...
UK Atlas of Seabed Habitats (UKASH)
Published date 2026-10-19The UKASH Library of Localised Maps is a standardised collection of individual, ground-truthed habitat maps from various sources. Its component maps form the building blocks of the UK Atlas of Se...
CBD COP17
Published date 2026-10-23JNCC at UN Biodiversity Conference CBD COP17 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international meeting referred to as the 'UN Biodiversity Conference' or the ‘Nature COP’. The Conferenc...
UK-BI: Animal genetic resources
Published date 2026-11-03Animal genetic resources – effective population size of Native Breeds at Risk Last updated: 2025Latest data available: 2024ContentsIntroductionType of indicatorType of official statisticsAssessment of...