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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...
New UK Biodiversity Framework published
Published date 2024-05-09JNCC has today published the new UK Biodiversity Framework on behalf of the Four Countries’ Biodiversity Group (4CBG).The UK Biodiversity Framework (UKBF) has been developed in response to the Kunming...
Marine Natural Capital
Published date 2021-03-22The natural capital approach is about understanding the value of nature and integrating this into decisions we make about our economy and society. The approach emphasises how much we rely upon ecosyst...
Breeding Bird Survey celebrates 30 years
Published date 2024-05-16The latest annual report from the Breeding Bird Survey has been published today, providing population trends of the UK’s breeding birds since the launch of the survey, back in 1994, up to the year 202...
Orford Inshore MPA
Published date 2024-07-08Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)Orford Inshore MCZ lies off the Suffolk coast across the 12 nm territorial sea limit. Therefore advice for this MPA is jointly delivered with Natural England. Sit...
Marine habitat data product: EUNIS level 3 combined map
Published date 2024-06-19Nick-named 'the combined map', the UK full-coverage EUNIS level 3 seabed habitat map integrating fine- and broad-scale maps is one of several marine habitat data products produced by JNCC.This composi...
UK Protected Areas Joint Statement published
Published date 2024-08-21JNCC, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, NatureScot and Northern Ireland Environment Agency, have today published A Joint Statement on Improving the Approach to Protected Areas in the UK.Protec...
GCR site lists: Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology blocks
Published date 2024-06-21Lists of GCR sites for each Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology GCR block are provided in the tables below. Sites are grouped by country and ordered alphabetically within unitary authority. Quaternar...
West of Scotland MPA
Published date 2024-08-22All features of the former Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA are now protected within this West of Scotland MPA. Incorporating the features of the former Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA within this larger West of...
Register of Interests
Published date 2024-09-20Joint Committee Professor Tom Meagher RemunerationProfessor and Director of the Global Challenges Forum at University of St Andrews.Non-financial interestsChair of St Andrews Botanic Garden Trust.Memb...