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South West Deeps (East) MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)The site is located in the Western Channel and Celtic Sea region, next to the South-West Deeps (West) MCZ. The eastern boundary of the site is approximately 190 k...
Queenie Corner MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)Queenie Corner MCZ is located in the western part of the Irish Sea. The seabed is dominated by mud habitat and sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities. Site Q...
Fulmar
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)Fulmar MCZ is an offshore site, 50–100 m deep, located approximately 224 km from the Northumberland coast. Site Located approximately 224 km from the Northumberla...
World Wildlife Day: using digital innovation to prevent illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade
Published date 2024-03-03To celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March, our latest blog post provides some insight into our role as the UK’s CITES Scientific Authority for fauna.World Wildlife Day, held on 3 March every year, ho...
Strengthening Sri Lanka’s preparedness to respond to oiled wildlife emergencies
Published date 2024-02-26Following on from a recent trip to Maldives, in this blog post the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team update us on some oiled wildlife response training undertaken in Sri Lanka.JNCC and C...
Zero Waste Day 2024: Zero waste and other ways to encourage sustainable consumption
Published date 2024-03-30To celebrate Zero Waste Day (30 March 2024), our blog post from Senior Ecosystem Analyst Maddie Harris, highlights our work on sustainable consumption, and explores how cutting waste could improve sus...
Professor Peter Higgins
Published date 2022-10-25Role: Board Member of NatureScotDate appointed: October 2022ProfileProfessor Peter Higgins is Professor of Education (Outdoor, Environmental and Sustainability Education) at the University of Edinburg...
South of the Isles of Scilly MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)South of the Isles of Scilly MCZ is located approximately 15 km south of the Isles of Scilly in the Western Channel and Celtic Sea region. The seabed is dominated...
Nitrogen Futures
Published date 2022-06-06The Nitrogen Futures ProjectNitrogen is an important nutrient for plant growth and food production. However, excess nitrogen can be harmful to human health and affect biodiversity and ecosystem servic...
Volunteer Seabirds at Sea Surveys
Published date 2023-08-21What is Volunteer Seabirds at Sea?Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) is a citizen science initiative which recruits and trains volunteers to collect high quality seabirds at-sea data from vessels of opp...