by westoncompliance | Dec 19, 2025 | Defra, Environment, JNCC, Onshore, UK, Wildlife
Defra has published the decision responding to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee’s seventh quinquennial review of species protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, choosing not to adopt the JNCC’s recommended changes to add, remove or re-grade...
by westoncompliance | May 2, 2025 | JNCC, Natural England, NatureScot, UK, Wildlife
JNCC, Natural England, NatureScot, Natural Resources Wales and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – Northern Ireland Environment Agency have today published ‘The status of UK SPAs in the 2000s: the Third Network Review (Phase...
by westoncompliance | Apr 28, 2025 | DESNZ, JNCC, Offshore Installation, OPRED, Surveying, UK, Wildlife
DESNZ and OPRED have added an updated JNCC advice note for seabird survey methods on offshore installations to the guidance section for ‘Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017’ on the oil and gas: offshore environmental...
by westoncompliance | Mar 11, 2025 | Conservation, Decommissioning, Environment, JNCC, Licensing, Surveying, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has updated its webpage regarding the Discretionary Advice Service (DAS).The DAS allows developers to engage JNCC early in the licensing process. This ensures appropriate consideration is given to environmental impacts at...
by westoncompliance | Feb 26, 2025 | Biodiversity, JNCC, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has launched a new strategy setting out how the UK aims to achieve the targets set out by an international biodiversity agreement.Read more…Source: JNCC.
by westoncompliance | Jan 21, 2025 | BEIS, Defra, DESNZ, Explosion, JNCC, Marine, MMO, Natural England, OPRED, Safety, Scottish Government, UK
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Natural England and The Scottish Government, Natural Resources Wales, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
by westoncompliance | Dec 17, 2024 | Consultation, JNCC, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has launched a consultation on the draft Scottish Seabird Conservation Action Plan, which has been developed to protect Scotland’s seabird species for future generations. The most comprehensive seabird census to...
by westoncompliance | Aug 23, 2024 | Conservation, JNCC, Onshore, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, NatureScot and Northern Ireland Environment Agency, have today published a joint statement on improving the approach to protected areas in the UK.The principles state that...
by westoncompliance | Aug 16, 2024 | Conservation, JNCC, Offshore wind, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) published new guidance which provides updated advice to help the offshore wind industry in assessing the risk of seabird collision with wind turbines.Joint advice note from the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCBs)...
by westoncompliance | Jul 11, 2022 | Conservation, Defra, Environment, Finance, Habitat, JNCC, UK
The framework document: – sets out JNCC’s core responsibilities – describes the governance and accountability framework that applies between the roles of Defra and JNCC – sets out how the day-to-day relationship works in practice, including in...
by westoncompliance | Feb 15, 2022 | Air Quality, Conservation, Environment, JNCC, Nature, Pollution, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature and Conservation Committee (JNCC) has recently published the report ‘Guidance on Decision-making Thresholds for Air Pollution: Main Report and Technical Report’ which outlines decision-making thresholds to help inform assessments of the...
by westoncompliance | Sep 2, 2021 | Consultation, Environment, Habitat, JNCC, Marine, UK, Wildlife
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is responsible for providing information and data on the UK’s Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs). They are currently undertaking a review into whether the information and data that...
by westoncompliance | Feb 2, 2021 | Conservation, Environment, JNCC, Marine, UK, Wildlife
JNCC has produced conservation advice packages for eight offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) designated in Tranche three of the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) project. Southern North Sea Region – Markham’s Triangle East Channel Region – West of...
by westoncompliance | Jun 11, 2020 | Conservation, Environment, JNCC, Marine, Natural England, Noise, UK, Wildlife
This guidance document lays out JNCC, Natural England and DAERA’s advice on the assessment of significant disturbance in UK Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for harbour porpoise. Read more… Source: JNCC, Natural England and...
by westoncompliance | Jun 5, 2020 | Conservation, Decommissioning, Environment, JNCC, Offshore Installation, UK
JNCC has recently launched its Discretionary Advice Service (DAS) for offshore industry. The service delivers nature conservation advice to the Oil and Gas industry for decommissioning activity in the UK offshore environment. Read more… Source:...
