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What does the NVC cover?

NVC publications

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References cited & recommended further reading

Phase 1 Habitat Classification

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Protected Areas

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Position Statement on GMOs

Climate Change and Nature Conservation

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Lowland Grassland

Lowland Grassland LBAP Workshop

Lowland Heathland

Seminar - Changing Landscapes

Lowland Wetland

Seminar - Managing upland catchments: Priorities for water and habitat conservation

Annex I Habitats

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Rarity and Threat

Protected Sites

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Rarity and Threat

Protected Sites

Bern Convention - Invertebrates Group of Experts Meeting, May 2003

Tracking Mammals Partnership

The Partnership

Terms of Reference - Declaration of Intent

Tracking Mammals Partnership Management

Results of TMP Surveillance

Scoping Studies and Reports

Scoping Studies

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Wider Countryside Multi-Species Schemes

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Research and Development

Guidelines and Best Practice

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Population status of birds in the UK

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Birds of Conservation Importance - JNCC 1996

Wetlands (Ramsar)

SSSIs and ASSIs

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Statutory Suspension of Wildfowl Shooting in Severe Winter Weather

Review of Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Avian Influenza

Position statement on avian influenza (bird flu)

Advice to Birdwatchers

Seabirds and Seaduck

Species Status Assessment

Statement of Principles

Hierarchy of Lists

Information Flow

Common Standards Monitoring

Biological Translocation Policies

A Policy for Conservation Translocation of Species in Britain

A Habitat Translocation Policy for Britain

Species protection

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Download species designations

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Master list - how to use

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Renewables - Key Information

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Offshore Marine Aggregates

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UK and European Fisheries

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English Channel

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6-12 mile limit

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Fisheries Glossary

Non-Native Species

Non-nativemarine species in British waters - Full Report

Marine Habitats

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Monitoring and surveillance

Monitoring Tools

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Marine Nature Conservation Review

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Habitat Mapping

EUNIS Classification

Marine Habitat Classification

Search the classification

Full classification hierarchy

Introduction & background

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Classification structure

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The habitat scale

Purpose & scope

Literature review

Classification framework

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Environmental influences

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Field Recording

How to use the classification

Habitat matrices

The primary habitat matrix

Hierarchy structure diagrams

Littoral sediment

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Understanding the codes

Species nomenclature

Biotope descriptions layout

Comparative Tables

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UK species list

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Projects and Reports

Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH)

Non-scientist guide

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Setting Standards

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The Irish Sea Pilot Project

Pilot final report

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UK regional seas

Marine Landscapes

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Earth Science sites

Conservation objectives

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List of outputs

Review of Marine Nature Conservation

Marine nature conservation framework

Monitoring and Surveillance

Seabirds and Seaduck

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Black-legged Kittiwake

Black Guillemot

Leach's Storm-petrel

Northern Gannet

Mediterranean Gull

Black-headed Gull

Common Guillemot

Seabird 2000 maps and figures list

Data processing and analysis

Seabird 2000 references

Seabird Colony Register

Seabird Monitoring Programme

Seaduck survey programme

Species monitored

Protected Sites

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OT & Crown Dependencies

Invasives species in the UK Overseas Territories

OT invasives workshop hosted by JNCC

Presentations from OT invasives worshop

Climate Change in OTs

Vulnerability in the UKOTs

The need for action

What is climate

Climate vs weather

La Nina vs El Nino

The Greenhouse Effect

The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

British Indian Ocean Territory

Mainstream Adaptation

Policies responses

Make a difference

The way forward

British Antarctic Territory

The South Sandwich Islands

The British Virgin Islands (BVI)

The Turks and Caicos Islands

British Indian Ocean Territory

The Falkland Islands

Tristan da Cunha

Pitcairn Island

Environmental Economics

Conventions & Agreements

Traded commodities

Position Statement - Biofuels

Foreign Direct Investment

Protected Sites

Common Standards Monitoring

Marine sites consultation

UK Ramsar sites summary

UK Ramsar sites

Northern Ireland

UK Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies

Latest changes to the Ramsar site list

Download GIS data

Download spatial and summary data

Ramsar publications

Ramsar National Report to CoP9 (2005)

Ramsar National Report to CoP8 (2002)

Ramsar National Report to CoP7 (1999)

Site supplement to Ramsar National Report for CoP7 (1999)

Review of Ramsar sites in UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies (2005)

Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

UK SAC, SCI sites summary

UK SAC site list

England site list

Northern Ireland

Offshore waters

Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) summary

Zusammenfassung

Background to site selection

Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)

Protection and management

Habitats and species of European Interest

Species of European interest

Establishment of SACs

Process and criteria

Assessment within biogeographical regions

Selection of sites within the Atlantic Biogeographical Region

EC guidance on the Biogeographical region seminars

Site selection criteria and principles

Considerations in the UK approach to site selection

Identifying SAC boundaries

UK interpretation of site selection criteria and principles

History of the UK SAC selection process

The role of the statutory conservation agencies

Selection of terrestrial and inshore marine sites

Selection of offshore sites

UK SACs and the Natura 2000 network

Explanation of accounts

Latest changes to the UK SAC list

Annex I Habitat accounts

Annex II Species accounts

Search for a SAC

Browse SACs on a map

Notes on nomenclature

Other designations on UK SACs

SACs and cSACs in NI which adjoin SACs in the RoI

Annex I habitats and Annex II species occurring in the UK

Abbreviations and acronyms

Acknowledgements

Natura 2000 in Gibraltar

Marine species SACs

Marine habitat SACs

Submarine structures

Offshore Natura 2000

Offshore SAC identification

Offshore SAC selection process

European Marine Site management

Download spatial and summary data

Download GIS data

Special Protection Areas (SPAs)

UK SPA sites summary

Full UK SPA site list

Northern Ireland

Latest changes to the UK SPA list

SPA Selection Guidelines

Glossary of terms

Executive summary

Identification of the SPA network

Selection guidelines for SPAs

SPA Review site accounts

Alphabetical list of SPA Review sites in UK

SPA bird species acounts

SPA bird species list

SPA Review presentational issues

Assemblages of waterbirds

Distribution of waterbird assemblages

Size of waterbird SPAs

SPAs holding more than 20,000 waterbirds

January waterbird totals on the UK SPA network

Assemblages of breeding seabirds

Distribution of seabird assemblages

Total number of breeding seabirds on the UK SPA network

Annex 1 & migratory species for which no SPAs have been selected

Wintering and passage waders

Breeding waders

Wildfowl and other waterbirds

Raptors and owls

Grebes and seaducks

Birds using the marine environment

Vagrants and scarce migrants

Glossary for SPA Review

Phased, extended & subsumed SPAs

SPA Review downloads

The UK SPA & Ramsar (Avian) Scientific Working Group

SPA Scientific Working Group meetings

Download GIS data

Spatial, Summary data

Protected sites designations

Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs

Guidelines for selection of earth science SSSIs

Conventions & Legislation

Albatross and Petrel

Wildlife Law Enforcement Working Group

Ramsar sites list

European Legislation

EC Birds Directive

EC Habitats Directive

Handbook on the UK status of EC Habitats Directive interest features

EU Water Framework Directive

Wildlife & Countryside Act

Explanatory notes

Habitat Regulations

Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

Northern Ireland legislation

Wildlife Law Enforcement Working Group

UK Biodiversity

UK Biodiversity Indicators

Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket - BIYP

Assessing indicators

Overview of trends

BIYP Publication

1a. Key species - birds

1b. Key species - butterflies

1c. Key species - bats

2. Plant diversity

3. Priority species

4. Priority habitats

5. Genetic diversity

6. Protected areas

7. Woodland management

8. Agri-environment land

9. Sustainable fisheries

10. Impacts of air pollution

11. Invasive species

12. Spring index

13. Marine trophic index

14. Habitat connectivity

15. River quality

16. UK biodiversity spend

17. Global biodiversity spend

18. Volunteer time

Agenda and Presentations

Agenda and Presentations

Biodiversity Research Advisory Group

Research Themes

Climate Change Adaptation

Ecosystem Function

Genetic Conservation

Non-Native Species

Socio-Economic Issues

Habitat Management

Monitoring Biodiversity

UK BRAG Publications

UK BRAG Membership

UK BRAG Meetings

Status & Trends

UK Nature Barometer

Condition of Protected Sites

Surveillance and Monitoring

Analysis and Trends

Species Status designations

Wildlife Statistics

Interrogation and download of statistics

High Level Summary Reports of the statistics

No. species with trends by group

No. species with statistics by group

Overall numbers of declining and increasing trends

BAP species for which trends are available

Aggregate indexes

Search by species or habitat

Contributing sources of data

Article 17 Habitats Directive report

Background to Habitats report

Conservation status

Summary results

Surveillance & Monitoring

Analysing needs

Appropriate scales

Developing the strategy

Using the strategy

Schemes and results

Browsable database

Database download

Key to the database

Summary results

Protected sites monitoring

First six-year report

Assessments reported on

Condition of features on sites

Adverse Activities

Management Measures

Detailed results

Ice Age landforms and sediments

Folds, faults and rock movements

Active landforms

Aggregations of breeding birds

Assemblages of breeding birds

Aggregations of non-breeding birds

Dragonflies and damselflies

Other invertebrates

Flowering plants and ferns

Non-flowering plants and fungi

Limestone pavement, inland cliffs and screes

Montane grasslands and heaths

Upland assemblages

Acid grasslands - upland

Acid grasslands - lowland

Neutral grasslands

Calcareous grasslands - upland

Calcareous grasslands - lowland

Heathlands - upland

Heathlands - lowland

Coniferous woodlands

Broadleaved and mixed woodlands

Lowland raised bogs

Fens and marshes - upland

Fens and marshes - lowland

Rivers and streams

Dunes, shingle and machair

Rocky shores, reefs and caves

Intertidal sands and muds

Subtidal sandbanks