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Severe Weather Scheme
Published date 2025-01-08What is the Severe Weather Scheme? The Scheme to reduce disturbance to waterfowl during severe winter weather (also often known as the ‘Severe Weather Scheme') runs in Great Britain from 7 November to...
Natural Capital in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories
Published date 2019-08-28Reports on JNCC's Overseas Territories natural capital work in the Caribbean region (Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks & Caicos Islands) will be posted on this page as...
Blue Green Infrastructure
Published date 2019-11-01A Roadmap Towards a Blue Green Infrastructure Manual Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) has the potential to address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water management. How...
Marine Recorder
Published date 2022-02-09Marine Recorder is a benthic survey data management system used widely within the UK’s statutory nature conservation bodies to store and query benthic sample data across the UK’s offshore and inshore ...
RTDE Project
Published date 2023-04-21Can red-throated divers accommodate the effects of displacement by offshore wind farms? Summary Offshore wind farms cause displacement of red-throated divers but the consequences are not well understo...
Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
Published date 2019-05-02Albatrosses and petrels are one of the most globally threatened groups of birds in the world. The vast foraging movements of these seabirds take them over the high seas and the national waters of many...
Marine mammal observer training
Published date 2021-12-06Marine mammal observers receive formal training through attendance of a JNCC approved training course. JNCC recognises MMO courses that explain the rationale and requirements of the guidelines so that...
Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia
Published date 2019-05-03In May 2003, the 6th World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls (WWGBP) adopted a resolution that urged the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) to consider establishing a multi-lateral agreement ...
MPA Network Assessments
Published date 2020-08-10There are national and international commitments for networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that are ecologically coherent and well managed. The UK has committed to several international agreements...
Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU)
Published date 2019-05-02There are six species of marine turtle found in the waters of South-East Asia and the Indian Ocean. All are endangered, facing threats from accidental capture in industrial fishing operations, unsusta...