The Bristol Channel Approaches SAC has been identified as a winter area of importance for the Celtic and Irish Seas Management Unit harbour porpoises. Map displaying the Bristol Channel Approaches MPA ...

As the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia gets into its second week, in our latest blog post we celebrate the ...

Speaking at a UK Business & Biodiversity Forum (UKBBF) side event at COP17, Dr Gemma Harper OBE, Chief Executive of JNCC, called for greater focus on whether biodiversity evidence is changing the ...

Dr Gemma Harper OBE, Chief Executive of JNCC, joined senior representatives of the Armenian Government, the COP17 Presidency and international partners at the Women Forum at CBD COP17 this week to ...

Hundreds of thousands of chemicals are used regularly in the UK, in commercial and domestic settings. Many of these chemicals are beneficial to everyday life, but some make their way into the ...

This section represents the second phase of the natural capital workflow. After identifying and classifying marine natural capital assets, the next step is to understand the benefits that flow from ...

Economic valuation is an important step within the Natural Capital Workflow because it helps quantify how changes in marine ecosystem assets and services may affect people and society. Within the ...

The mNCEA Outputs Library brings together selected products developed through the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme and showcases how they align with the stages of a natural ...

Assessing the condition of marine assets is the next step in the natural capital workflow. Habitat condition reflects how well a habitat is functioning relative to expectations for its structure, ...

The Marine Natural Capital Hub focuses on presenting outputs from the Defra marine Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme alongside selected contributions from JNCCs wider marine ...

Our Strategy to 2030, Together for Nature, focuses on turning robust scientific evidence into action for nature conservation and recovery. Keep up-to-date with news and features on our work to protect ...