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East of Start Point MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)East of Start Point MCZ is located 20 km off Torquay and 19 km south of Lyme Bay in the Eastern Channel region. Advice for this MPA is jointly delivered with Natu...
World Creativity and Innovation Week: supporting innovative projects in the UK Overseas Territories
Published date 2024-04-16To celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW), we have a series of blog posts looking at some of our recent innovative work. Today it's the turn of our International Implementation Team.Wor...
Swallow Sand MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)Swallow Sand MCZ is situated in the northern North Sea where the offshore seabed is sandy with some coarser gravel and muddy patches. Site Situated in the norther...
South of Celtic Deep MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for South of Celtic Deep. For more information about the measures, please see MMO Statutory guidance for the...
Science and Evidence Strategy: Supplementary Information
Published date 2023-03-23Information on the relevant legislative context in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The current legislative context for England:The Environment Act 2021 establishes new environmental gov...
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...
New UKBI review report published
Published date 2024-04-26We have recently published the second part of a comprehensive review of the UK Biodiversity Indicators, which explores the alignment of the existing UK Biodiversity Indicators with the Kunming-Montrea...
Professor Julian Orford
Published date 2021-10-01Role: Deputy Chair of Council for Nature Conservation and the CountrysideDate appointed: October 2021ProfileProfessor Julian Orford is Emeritus Professor of Physical Geography in the School of Natural...
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 of upd...
Marine mammals and offshore industries
Published date 2021-07-30UK waters are home to several marine mammal species, all of which are protected under national and international legislation. Of the 28 cetacean species recorded in UK waters, twelve can regularly be ...