UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
The United Kingdom has 14 Overseas Territories and 3 Crown
Dependencies collectively and individually make a
significant contribution to global biodiversity and geological
diversity.
The Overseas Territories are:
Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda,
British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St.
Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha),Turk and Caicos Islands,
Pitcairn
Island, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and the Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus
JNCC’s role in supporting nature conservation in the
Territories.
JNCC has adopted a high-level strategic
objective, derived from our vision, to ‘provide, to UK government
departments, the governments of the Overseas Territories and Crown
Dependencies and others, timely and sound advice to support the
achievement of the 2010 biodiversity target, the progressing of
Environment Charters, and the implementation of multilateral
environmental agreements’
To do this, an Overseas Territories and Crown
Dependencies programme has been
developed which is divided into 5 projects
The importance of the Territories for biodiversity and
geodiversity
JNCC Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Programme.
Half-yearly Newsletter
The Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Programme has
developed a half yearly newsletter which is intended to give
summary information on the progress and development of the
programme. It give links to more detailed information if required
and highlights important events and dates for the next 6 months. If
you are interested in having material included, please
Resources
There are a numbers of resouces available for OTs including
Publications eg: Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Economic Values
Newsletter
Leaflets egTraining and research and
Opportunities for collaboration