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Blog 2021 - Fulmar Survey (CEND1921) Blog 3
Published date 2025-06-05By Josh TateIn the third and final blog post from our Offshore Survey Team, they update us on progress with the survey to Fulmar MPA.In the past week we’ve finally had some good weather in the wake of...
Supporting UK negotiations at ‘nature COP’
Published date 2025-06-05Delegates from across the world are gathering in Cali, Colombia for the ‘nature COP’ ̶ to negotiate new agreements to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. With ‘Peace with Nature’ as its theme, the m...
Sri Lanka
Published date 2025-05-30Sri Lanka has been identified as one of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots, with a high level of endemic biodiversity both in the terrestrial and marine environments. With a coastline of 1,620 km, th...
Air Pollution
Published date 2023-07-31Air pollution is a major environmental pressure that is felt at a range of scales, from local, to regional, to global. Air pollutants can affect biodiversity and ecosystem services, harm human health...
Our Strategic Priorities
Published date 2023-05-22Our Strategy, Together for Nature, focuses on turning robust scientific evidence into action for nature recovery, and describes how we will drive change through our seven Strategic Priorities, listed ...
Professor Peter Higgins
Published date 2025-07-03Role: Board Member of NatureScotDate appointed: October 2022ProfilePete is Professor of Outdoor, Environmental and Sustainability Education at the University of Edinburgh, where he seeks to understand...
Braemar Pockmarks MPA
Published date 2024-08-23Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)The Braemar pockmarks are a series of crater-like depressions situated in the seabed in the northern North Sea, approximately 240 km east of the Orkney Island...
East Rockall Bank MPA
Published date 2024-08-23Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)East Rockall Bank SAC is situated 320 km west of the Outer Hebrides, to the west of Scotland. The site runs along the eastern edge of Rockall Bank, which form...
Croker Carbonate Slabs MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)The Croker Carbonate Slabs MPA is an area in the mid-Irish Sea, approximately 30 km west of Anglesey. The site lies in 70 m water depth in the north, descendi...
Chief Operating Officer
Published date 2024-03-07The main responsibilities of this post are to:Serve as a member of the Executive Committee and provide leadership to the JNCC Support Company.Ensure effective development and delivery of JNCC’s work p...