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Professor Peter Higgins
Published date 2022-10-25Role: Board Member of NatureScotDate appointed: October 2022 Profile Professor Peter Higgins is Professor of Education (Outdoor, Environmental and Sustainability Education) at the University of Edinbu...
UKBI - Index of coastal eutrophication potential
Published date 2024-12-10Last updated: 2024 The existing set of UK Biodiversity Indicators was specifically developed to enable the UK to report progress against the Aichi targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity (...
Goodbye from Fulmar MCZ
Published date 2021-12-21In the past week we’ve finally had some good weather in the wake of storm Barra, allowing us to complete our MPA monitoring sampling at Fulmar Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) as part of this JNCC/Cefas...
Happy St Patrick’s Day from our Northern Ireland Liaison Officer
Published date 2022-03-17Today is St Patrick’s Day, so to mark the occasion we have a blog post from our Northern Ireland Liaison Officer. One of JNCC’s major strengths is supporting the delivery of devolved environmental pri...
Teams and people
Published date 2023-11-24For over 30 years, JNCC has provided robust evidence and trusted advice on nature conservation. We are well-placed to synthesise evidence and provide advice relating to the natural environment, utilis...
UKBI - Pesticide Aggregated Total Applied Toxicity (ATAT)
Published date 2024-12-10Last updated: 2024 The existing set of UK Biodiversity Indicators was specifically developed to enable the UK to report progress against the Aichi targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity (...
Restoring Scotland’s Nature – the importance of collaborative working
Published date 2023-10-04Following a recently held successful event, 'Restoring Scotland's Nature', read our latest blog post from our Interim Chair, Charles Banner KC, who reflects on the value of partnerships and collaborat...
Coastal Futures 2020
Published date 2020-01-28Following a very successful Coastal Futures conference at the Royal Geographical Society earlier this month (15 and 16 January 2020), the team have been reflecting on some of the take-home messages an...
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, h...
National Museums Scotland Blog #1
Published date 2020-02-06Survey Collections: sorting and archiving Last week, my colleague and I went up to the National Museums Scotland Collection Centre in Edinburgh. JNCC gives biological samples from each Marine Protecte...