World Wetlands Day

A message from JNCC Chair Peter Bridgewater

“February 2 is World Wetlands Day! Even though many wetlands in the northern hemisphere are frozen today, and some in the southern hemisphere are dry in midsummer, the day commemorates the coming into force of the Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar, Iran, on Feb 2 1971.

Survey gathering evidence

JNCC staff are on survey gathering evidence in support of Marine Protected Areas

Potential Marine Conservation Zone (MCZs) in the Irish Sea and SW Approaches are being surveyed during February. Stay up to date via the JNCC Offshore Survey blog.

MAIA - Marine Protected Areas in the Atlantic Arc

JNCC is a partner of the MAIA Project.

The MAIA project aims to:
Promote and structure the sharing of experience and approaches;
Elaborate common methodologies;
Contribute to the emergence of a network of MPA managers.

JNCC UK Biodiversity Statistics 2011

Wetland Bird Survey 2009/10

The latest output of the Wetland Bird Survey has been published, monitoring the UK’s internationally-important populations of non-breeding waterbird species. The report includes updated population trends, changes to national 1% thresholds, and the impacts of recent cold winters on wetland birds.