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Records of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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| Reference | KR |
|---|---|
| Title | Records of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Date | 1989-2019 |
| Description | Records of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee relating to the provision of guidance on nature conservation issues. Comprises: Annual reports, KR 1Minutes and papers, KR 5Publications (UK nature conservation series), KR 2Publications (reports series), KR 6Project publications, KR 3Occasional publications, KR 4The Marine Nature Conservation Review, KR 7Datasets of selection of special areas of conservation in the UK are in KR 8Ramsar Wetlands Sites dataset in KR 9For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division |
| Related material |
For records of English Nature and its predecessors see FT |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, 1990 |
| Physical description | 19 series |
| Access conditions | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1999 Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was established under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and began work on 1 April 1991. Its brief is to advise the Secretary of State for the Environment on United Kingdom and international nature conservation issues. It was also responsible for providing guidance to the Nature Conservancy Council for England (from 1991 known as English Nature), Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on the maintenance of standards for species and habitat conservation. |
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