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Beyond Technology: Promoting Peatlands in the UK's Carbon Capture Portfolio
Published date 2025-06-20In this blog post, our Principal Biodiversity Economist, Mark Adams, examines the recent £9.4 billion allocation for carbon capture projects, highlighting how nature-based solutions offer complementar...
Celebrating our Success
Published date 2023-05-22Advising conservation policy: Developing the UK MPA networkJNCC experts have provided scientific advice to help identify and designate marine protected areas (MPAs) in the UK’s offshore waters, extend...
Professor Thomas Meagher
Published date 2025-06-23Role: Independent memberDate appointed: April 2022ProfileTom Meagher is Professor of Plant Biology at the University of St Andrews and served as Director of the St Andrews Global Challenges Forum.Tom ...
Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
Published date 2025-06-23JNCC’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) is an advisory and commissioning committee which supports and advises the Joint Committee and the Accounting Officer on issues of risk, control, govern...
GCR site lists: Mesozoic–Tertiary Stratigraphy
Published date 2024-08-16Lists of GCR sites for each Mesozoic–Tertiary Stratigraphy GCR block are provided in the tables below. Sites are grouped by country and ordered alphabetically within unitary authority. Aalenian - Bajo...
OWSMRF
Published date 2025-07-11What is OWSMRF? The Offshore Wind Strategic Monitoring and Research Forum (OWSMRF) is an industry-led collaborative partnership that aims to better understand the impact of large-scale offshore wind d...
New scientific partnership for climate and nature
Published date 2025-07-14Recognising that climate change and biodiversity loss are among the greatest challenges of our time, JNCC and the Climate Change Committee (CCC) are committing to working more closely together to help...
UK Special Protection Areas report published
Published date 2025-05-01JNCC, Natural England, NatureScot, Natural Resources Wales and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Northern Ireland Environment Agency have today published The status of UK ...
Marine Sensitivity Assessments
Published date 2023-09-22Sensitivity is defined as the likelihood of change when a pressure (which could be chemical, physical, hydrological or biological) is applied to a species or habitat. It is a function of the ability o...
Article 17 Habitats Directive Report 2019
Published date 2019-10-18Every six years, all EU Member States are required to report on the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive (under Article 17). The 2019 UK report was submitted during the period when the UK was a...