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OWEER launch
Published date 2021-06-10The 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...
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...
2017 Offshore Seabed Surveys
Published date 2017-04-06JNCC has just published a new page on our website with details of our upcoming offshore seabed surveys that are currently planned for 2017. Take a look at the webpage to find our which Marine Protecte...
Survey work begins on the mid-point of the Hebridean Slope
Published date 2016-07-21It’s 7.30pm on 19th July and we have just arrived on site to begin our survey work within the Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope Nature Conservation MPA. With the camera drop-frame all rigged up, we beg...
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...