Summary

Chair's Introduction

• Introduction by JNCC's new Chairman, Peter Bridgewater.

ENCA Network

• JNCC signs up to membership of influential new group of European Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA).

Seabirds at Sea Team's fieldwork

• This summer, JNCC's Seabirds at Sea Team conducted a five-week expedition to collect data on the foraging locations of red-throated divers around the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides.

Offshore conservation zones

• JNCC is currently undertaking work to identify the most suitable sites to be put forward as Special Protection Areas (SPAs) for birds in the marine environment.

Seabed mapping explained

• JNCC, as lead partner of the transnational mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH) project, has launched a new online resource, the MESH Guide to Marine Habitat Mapping.

Species and habitat review

• A new UK list of Priority Species and Habitats has been published, containing 1,149 species and 65 habitats.

Biofuels - a Pandora's Box?

• JNCC is working with government at national and EU level to develop sustainability criteria to encourage biofuels production.

Conservation Conversation

• Q & A with JNCC Chair Peter Bridgewater.