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About Marine Protected Areas
Published date 2019-05-17What are Marine Protected Areas? There are many definitions for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). However, they can be defined broadly as a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and...
Analysis Ready Data (ARD)
Published date 2019-05-23JNCC is leading in the creation of Analysis Ready Data (ARD) products for the Sentinel-1 and -2 platforms; pre-processing data to a proposed UK standard to be adopted in academia, industry and governm...
What we do (new 2020) - our role
Published date 2020-11-16Text based on our strategy Find out more in the our work section Business development? 2020-11-16T00:00:00
Training - Category - Lisa
Published date 2020-11-10Organic farming practices have recently been shown to benefit a wide range of above-ground taxa through increases in abundance and/or species richness. 2020-11-10T00:00:00
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Published date 2019-04-18The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention or CMS) was adopted in Bonn, Germany in 1979 and came into force in 1983. Convention summary Contracting Partie...
UKBI - D1b. Greenhouse gas removal
Published date 2019-09-05Type: Benefit indicator Indicator Description Forests are a large store of carbon and also act as an active carbon ‘sink’, removing carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, from the atmos...
UKBI - B7. Surface water status
Published date 2019-09-05Type: State indicator Indicator Description The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is an important mechanism for assessing and managing the water environment in the EU, through a 6-yearly c...
UKBI - B5b. Marine pollution
Published date 2019-09-05Type: Pressure indicator Indicator Description The indicator shows the combined input of 6 of the most hazardous substances to the UK marine environment. The indicator is based on levels...
UKBI - D1a. Fish size classes
Published date 2019-09-05a. Fish size classes in the North Sea Type: State / Benefit Indicator Indicator Description The indicator shows changes in the proportion, by weight, of large individuals equal to or ove...
Marine habitat data product: EUNIS level 3 combined map
Published date 2019-08-05Nick-named 'the combined map', the UK full-coverage EUNIS level 3 seabed habitat map integrating fine- and broad-scale maps is one of several marine habitat data products produced by JNCC. This compos...