| ASSI |
Area of Special Scientific Interest |
| BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
| BSBI |
Botanical Society of the British Isles |
| CA |
Country Agencies (CCW,EN, EHS, SNH) |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCW |
Countryside Council for Wales |
| cSAC |
candidate Special Area for Conservation |
| CSM |
Common Standards Monitoring |
| EC |
European Commission |
| EHS |
Environment and Heritage Service |
| EN |
English Nature |
| FCS |
Favourable Conservation Status |
| GB |
Great Britain (i.e. England, Scotland & Wales only) |
| HAP |
Habitat Action Plan |
| JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| NBN |
National Biodiversity Network |
| NCC |
Nature Conservancy Council |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NI |
Northern Ireland |
| NNR |
National Nature Reserve |
| SAC |
Special Area of Conservation |
| SAP |
Species Action Plan |
| SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
| SPA |
Special Protection Area |
| SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
| UK |
United Kingdom (i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland) |
| UK BAP |
United Kingdom's Biodiversity Action Plan |