A Review of the Operation of Species Legislation in Great Britain (1999)
(1999)
Discontinued
King,M., Hepburn, I. and Gubbay, S.
The following unpublished report was commissioned by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Wildlife and Countryside Link and written by Miles King, Ian Hepburn and Susan Gubbay.
The views expressed in this unpublished report are those of the organisations and individuals consulted, and of the contractors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the commissioning organisations.
Archived May 2002
A Review of the Operation of Species Legislation
in Great Britain (1999)
The following unpublished report was commissioned
by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Wildlife and
Countryside Link and written by Miles King, Ian Hepburn and Susan
Gubbay.
The views expressed in this unpublished report
are those of the organisations and individuals consulted, and of
the contractors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the
commissioning organisations.
Contents
3.1Threats
3.1.1Collecting and commercial exploitation
3.1.2 Other Threats
3.2 Effectiveness of current legislation
3.21 Intentional effects
3.2.2 Incidental consequences of the current
legislation
3.2.3 Gaps, inconsistencies and loopholes in
the current legislation
3.2.4 Selection of Species
3.3 Enforcement of the current
legislation
3.4 Other measures for achieving
species conservation
3.4.1 Awareness and
Information
3.4.2 The Biodiversity Action Plan
(BAP) Process
3.4.3 The wider countryside
Section 4 Options to consider for improving
the effectiveness of species legislation
4.1 Building on the existing
legislation or creating a new law.
4.1.1 Reverse listing
4.1.2 Amending the current
legislation
4.1.3 Marine Species
4.2 Gaps, loopholes and
inconsistencies in the application of the legislation
4.2.1. Protecting sites and Habitats
of protected species
4.3 Enforcement
4.4 Other Measures
4.4.1 Awareness and
Information
4.4.2 The BAP Process
4.4.3 Reform of the Common
Agricultural Policy
4.4.4 A duty of care
Download Appendices:
- Download Appendix
1 (PDF, 35 kb) Example questionnaire.
- Download Appendix 2 (PDF, 7 kb)
List of organisations and individuals contacted and their
involvement.
- Download Appendix 3 (PDF, 1.82
mb) Table of Questionnaire responses. (This excel file has been
divided into single sheets for easy download)
- Download Appendix 4 (PDF, 77
kb) Complete list of issues and proposals.
- Download Appendix 5 (PDF, 72
kb) List of Species on Schedules 5 and 8 and Species defined as
Priority by the UK Biodiversity Group.
- Download Appendix 6 (PDF, 75
kb) Case studies of individual species, groups of species and
comparisons with other countries.
- Download Appendix 7(PDF, 16 kb)
Data on Enforcement Proceedings
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Please cite as: King,M., Hepburn, I. and Gubbay, S., (1999), A Review of the Operation of Species Legislation in Great Britain (1999)