United Kingdom Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

The UK’s 14 Overseas Territories (OTs) and 3 Crown Dependencies (CDs) are spread across the globe.

Together - and individually - the 17 make a significant contribution to global biodiversity and geological diversity.  Many of the species found in the UKOTs and CDs are endemic and so are found nowhere else in the world.

There are a number of threats to biodiversity in the OTs and CDs. The key pressures result from development, climate change and non-native species.

Interdepartmental Overseas Territories Biodiversity Group

Record of meetings here

Recently completed reports

Can be found here

The UK Oversees Territories and Crown Dependencies: 2011 Biodiversity snapshot  provides a timely update to the 1999 publication providing a biodiversity overview of the biodiversity of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

Full publication is available for download>>>

Visit the individual OT and CD pages for individual chapters >>>

JNCC's role

JNCC have an Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Programme which gives advice and support to UK, OT and CD governments on nature conservation. JNCC also provides the secretariat for the interdepartmental Overseas Territories Biodiversity Group. Reports for meetings of this group can be found here

Environmental Mainstreaming/Green Economy projects

JNCC has developed and managed the environmental mainstreaming process (applied as Green Economy projects in the BVI and Anguilla) to help the OTs identify their environmental priorities. These projects are funded by the FCO, Defra and JNCC. More information on this process, and reports on the Falkland Islands and BVI pilot projects, can be found here.