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References cited & recommended further reading

Phase 1 Habitat Classification

UKBAP Broad Habitats

Freshwater classification

International Rivers conference 2010

Lowland Grassland

Lowland Grassland LBAP Workshop

Lowland Heathland

Conference - Changing Landscapes

Lowland Wetland

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

EU Annex I Habitats

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Position Statement on GMOs

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Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

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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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Wetlands (Ramsar)

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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

Common Standards Monitoring

Biological Translocation Policies

A Policy for Conservation Translocation of Species in Britain

A Habitat Translocation Policy for Britain

Species protection

Species Library

Marine Protected Sites

Offshore Seabed Survey

Completed Offshore Seabed Survey

Submarine Structures in the Mid-Irish Sea and Solan Bank

Mid-Irish Sea Reefs

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Eastern English Channel

SEA Surveys off North Scotland

Sandbank to the East of the Isle of Man

North-West Anglesey

Blackstones and Stanton Banks

Survey Standards

July 2009 Survey

Marine Bird Survey

SACs with Marine Components

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Offshore Areas of Search

Offshore SAC Consultation

Offshore SAC Consultation Archive

Completion of the UK Network of SACs for Marine Habitats

Marine SAC Selection Process and Guidance

Offshore SAC Designation Process

Marine Natura Project Group

JNCC Committee Papers Relating to Offshore SAC Designation

Marine Habitats and Species for SACs

Additional Annex I Marine Habitat SACs

Annex I Sandbanks

Annex I Submarine structures made by leaking gases

Additional Annex II Marine Species SACs

European Marine Site management

SPAs with Marine Components

Designated Marine SPAs

Site Selection Process

Types of Marine SPAs

Colony SPA extensions

Inshore aggregations

Marine Bird Survey

National Marine Protected Areas

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Marine Conservation Zone Project

Where will MCZs be?

The Regional Projects

When is this happening?

How do I get involved?

OSPAR Marine Protected Areas

UK OSPAR Marine Protected Areas

Offshore Industry Advice

Renewable Energy

Renewables - Key Information

Oil and Gas - Key Information

Offshore Marine Aggregates

Aggregates - Key Infomation

Marine Mammal Observer Course

Explosive use offshore

Disturbance Consultation

Oil Pollution incidents - contact arrangements

Contingency Planning

UK and European Fisheries

Impacts of fishing

Food web effects

Bycatch and discards

Marine Mammal bycatch

Seabird bycatch

Effects on seabed habitats

Current fisheries management

Effort reduction

English Channel

Seas to the north and west of Scotland

Southwest Approaches

6-12 mile limit

Elasmobranch fisheries

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International agreements

Precautionary principle

Ecosystem approach

Fisheries Glossary

Non-Native Species

Non-nativemarine species in British waters - Full Report

Marine Habitats

Conventions and Legislation

OSPAR - Oslo and Paris Convention

EC Habitats Directive

EU Water Framework Directive

Convention on Biological Diversity

Data Management

Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN)

Marine Recorder

National Biodiversity Network (NBN)

Monitoring and surveillance

Monitoring Tools

Marine Monitoring Handbook (MMH)

Taxonomic Tools

Common Standards Monitoring

Marine Nature Conservation Review

Marine Nature Conservation Review

MNCR recording forms

SACFOR abundance scale

Quality Assurance and Standards

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

Classification framework

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Environmental influences

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Data acquisition

Field Recording

How to use the classification

Habitat matrices

The primary habitat matrix

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Biotope descriptions layout

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Non-scientist guide

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Setting Standards

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The Irish Sea Pilot Project

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Specification & Work Programme

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UK regional seas

Marine Landscapes

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Earth Science sites

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Review of Marine Nature Conservation

Marine nature conservation framework

Monitoring and Surveillance

Seabirds and Seaduck

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Reports and Publications

Seabirds at sea data

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Submit colony data

Seabird colony methods

At sea survey methods

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Operation Seafarer

Seabird Colony Register Census

Seabird Monitoring Programme

Seabirds at Sea

OT & Crown Dependencies

British Antarctic Territory

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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

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Make a difference

The way forward

OT invasives workshop hosted by JNCC

Presentations from OT invasives worshop

Environmental Economics

Funding Sources

Funding Database

JNCC staff with OT remit

Conventions & Agreements

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Position Statement - Biofuels

Foreign Direct Investment

Protected Sites

Common Standards Monitoring

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

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

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

Habitat Regulations

Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

Northern Ireland legislation

Wildlife Law Enforcement Working Group

Offshore Regulations

UK Biodiversity

UK Biodiversity Indicators

Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket - BIYP

Assessing indicators

Overview of trends

1a. Populations of Selected Species - birds

1b. Populations of selected species - butterflies

1c. Population of selected species - bats

2. Plant diversity

3. UK Priority Species

4. UK 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

14. Habitat connectivity

15. River quality

16. UK biodiversity spend

17. Global biodiversity spend

18. Conservation volunteering

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

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem services

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

The current UK status and distribution of EC Habitats Directive interest features

UK Habitat features

UK Species features

Surveillance & Monitoring

Analysing needs

Risk-based approach

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

Lowland grassland

Lowland heathland

Lowland wetland

Upland Habitats

Terrestrial Mammals

Vascular plants

Bryophytes and Lichens

Coastal Pilot - data catalogue

Publications catalogue

JNCC Annual Report 2007-2008

Chair's foreword

JNCC Annual Report 2006-2007

Chairman's introduction

Environmental Policy

Workplace Travel Plan award

Quinquennial review

Quinquennial review - Stage 2 full report

Sustainable Development Action Plan

JNCC report series

Conservation Challenge

Invertebrates of specific localities

Rare & Scarce species

Reptiles & Amphibians

Important bird sites

Birds of particular localities

Birds and the environment

Coastal & Estuarine

Coastal directories

Marine Nature Conservation Review

The Irish Sea Pilot Final Report

Lowland Wetland

Geological Conservation Review Series

Guidance and Policy

Statutory provisions

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs

Guidelines for selection of Earth Science SSSIs

Common Standards Monitoring

Position Statements

Biofuels & Biodiversity

Fossil Collection

Fifth Quinquennial Review

About JNCC

Committee Meetings

Information papers

Annual General Meeting 2006

Corporate Publications

Changes to the Way JNCC operates

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