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Evaluating
Published date 2019-04-09A number of pressures, the majority of which result from human activities, impact upon the natural environment, and drive change. It is important to understand the impacts of these pressures, and to ...
Copernicus Project
Published date 2020-10-01In recent years there have been large increases in the amount of satellite derived environmental data, notably through the Copernicus space programme. These data have great potential for the environme...
Marine Activities and Pressures Evidence
Published date 2021-02-26There is a wide range of human activities that occur within the marine environment from the coastal and intertidal areas out to the deep-sea. A standard list of human activities that occur in the UK m...
Climate change
Published date 2019-11-01The impacts of climate change on the natural environment have long been recognised, both within the UK and beyond. However, the natural environment also has an important role to play in helping to ada...
Wyville-Thomson Ridge SAC: Blog #1
Published date 2017-11-06Bedrock 'n' Roll On October 29th, Laura, Neil and I made the long journey from Peterborough to Shetland to join the MRV Scotia and crew, ready to get involved in leg two of the offshore seabed survey....
MMMF
Published date 2020-04-15The Marine Monitoring Method Finder brings together a wide range of monitoring guidelines and procedures, and makes them readily available for use via a search bar and spreadsheet tool. These guidelin...
WCCAG
Published date 2020-02-24Background JNCC has chaired the Wildlife Crime Conservation Advisory Group (WCCAG), formerly the Wildlife Law Enforcement Working Group (WLEWG), since its formation in 2003. The WCCAG brings together ...
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Published date 2019-04-18The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), also less commonly known as the Washington Convention, was adopted in Washington DC, USA, in March 1973 and...
EU LIFE
Published date 2021-03-31LIFE is the European Commission’s financial instrument supporting environment and nature conservation projects throughout the EU. Current position Following the UK’s exit from the European Union on th...
Geike Slide and Hebridean Slope NCMPA Survey Dawn of the Pteropods
Published date 2016-08-03As we previously mentioned, there is a vast array of creatures that have been found within the sediment samples brought up by the box corer. So far we have found: crabs and squat lobsters of varying s...