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UK updates its assessment of the marine environment
Published date 2024-01-22Defra has now published an update of the state of our marine environment: Marine Strategy part one: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status.Further details can be found on the new Marine O...
LIFE NCP update
Published date 2024-01-22The UK government has recently announced that UK organisations can continue to bid for EU LIFE funding in the 2020 Call, even if the Call’s timetable stretches into 2021 and beyond the transition peri...
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Farnes East MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for Farnes East Marine Conservation Zone. For more information about the measures, please see MMO Statutory ...
Wetland Bird Survey statistics 2022-23
Published date 2024-04-25The latest annual Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) statistics, covering the period up to 2022/23 have been released today and show that fewer ducks, geese, swans and wader species are travelling to the UK a...
Skomer, Skokholm and the Seas off Pembrokeshire MPA
Published date 2019-04-23Status: Special Protection Area (SPA)Skomer, Skokholm and the Seas off Pembrokeshire SPA / Sgomer, Sgogwm a Moroedd Penfro (hereafter referred to as Skomer, Skokholm and the Seas off Pembrokeshire SPA...
GCR sites
Published date 2024-05-07Geological Conservation Review (GCR) sites form the basis of statutory geological and geomorphological site conservation in Great Britain. In total, there are over 3,000 GCR sites, selected for around...
New research on climate change impacts on marine species
Published date 2024-05-17A new report published by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), supported by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and funded by the Department for Environmen...
Marine habitat data product: OSPAR threatened and/or declining habitats
Published date 2024-05-14These composite products aim to show the current best understanding of the distribution and extent of habitats on the OSPAR list of threatened and/or declining habitats in the UK and the wider north-e...
Marine natural capital approaches in the UK
Published date 2023-12-11Examples of current UK marine natural capital policies and projects Examples are provided below of some approaches being used in the four countries of the UK. While the term natural capital is not alw...