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JNCC welcomes Gemma Harper
Published date 2021-04-06Dr Gemma Harper OBE took up her new position as interim Chief Executive of JNCC on 1 April 2021. Gemma joins JNCC with nearly 20 years of experience across the UK Civil Service. Most recently, she led...
Open data
Published date 2019-06-28Open data is 'data that anyone is free to access, modify, and share for any purpose - subject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and openness'. We collect and process scientific data in ...
New year, new Environmental Improvement Plan
Published date 2023-02-17In our latest blog post, Lucy Lush, our England Science and Evidence Liaison Officer, talks about the new Environmental Improvement Plan and her role within JNCC. The race to restore nature and revers...
Butterfly statistics 2019
Published date 2020-09-17Official Statistics for trends of butterflies in the UK between 1976 and 2019 have been published today – Thursday 17 September 2020 – showing how habitat specialists and species of the wider countrys...
Improving species representation in natural capital tools
Published date 2019-07-18Improving species representation in natural capital tools There is an increasing understanding that environmental decision-making needs to take account of natural capital considerations and make asses...
Happy St David's Day 2022 from our Wales Liaison Officer
Published date 2022-03-01Today is St David’s Day. As St David is the patron saint of Wales, what better way to mark it than with a blog post from our new Wales Liaison Officer. I joined JNCC in late January as the Wales Liais...
OWSMRF – Working together to understand the impact of offshore wind energy on marine birds
Published date 2020-11-19With UK offshore wind ambitions set to increase by 2030, an industry-led forum to better understand how large-scale development may impact marine birds was launched today. The Offshore Wind Strategic...
New interim CEO
Published date 2020-12-15We are pleased to announce that Dr Gemma Harper has been appointed as the Interim Chief Executive of JNCC. Dr Harper will take up her new post in spring 2021. Dr Gemma Harper is currently Deputy Direc...
Pobie Bank Reef Blog #1
Published date 2020-08-21This summer JNCC and Marine Scotland Science will be undertaking a survey of Pobie Bank Reef Special Area of Conservation, a Marine Protected Area (MPA) off the East coast of Shetland. Pobie Bank Ree...
Mind the gap
Published date 2020-12-17Identifying and filling gaps in biodiversity evidence: the development of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme Despite the challenges and hardships that we've all face during 2020, a significant miles...