| ASSI |
Area of Special Scientific Interest |
| BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
| BRC |
Biological Records Centre |
| CCW |
Countryside Council for Wales |
| CEH |
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
| CORINE |
Co-ORdination of INformation on classification of the
Environment |
| cSAC |
candidate Special Area of Conservation |
| Defra |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DETR |
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (now
Defra) |
| DGXI |
European Commission Directorate General XI – Environment,
Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection (now DG Environment) |
| DoE |
Department of the Environment (now Defra) |
| dSAC |
draft Special Area of Conservation |
| EC |
European Commission; also European Community with reference to
the Habitats Directive |
| EHS |
Environment and Heritage Service |
| EN |
English Nature (now Natural England) |
| ERCCIS |
Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of
Scilly |
| ETC/NPB |
European Topic Centre for Nature Protection and Biodiversity
(now the European Topic Centre on Biodiversity) |
| EU |
European Union |
| FCS |
Favourable Conservation Status |
| GB |
Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales, excluding Northern
Ireland) |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| IDD |
International Designations Database |
| IUCN |
The World Conservation Union (International Union for the
Conservation of Nature) |
| JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| LAT |
Lowest Astronomical Tide |
| LIFE |
L'Instrument Financier pour l'Environment [Financial Instrument
for the Environment] |
| LRBI |
Lowland Raised Bog Inventory |
| NCC |
Nature Conservancy Council |
| NGO |
non-governmental organisation |
| NI |
Northern Ireland |
| nm |
nautical mile |
| NUTS |
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| NVC |
National Vegetation Classification |
| OS |
Ordnance Survey |
| pSAC |
possible Special Area of Conservation |
| SAC |
Special Area of Conservation |
| SCI |
Site of Community Importance |
| SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SEERAD |
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs
Department |
| SNH |
Scottish Nature Heritage |
| SPA |
Special Protection Area |
| SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
| UK |
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland) |
| UKCS |
United Kingdom Continental Shelf |