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The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) is a subdivision of the University of Kent, started in 1989 and named in honour of the famous British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It was the first institute in the United Kingdom to award undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas in the fields of conservation biology , ecotourism ...
The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM, / ˈ s aɪ iː m / SY-eem) is the professional body which represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers, mainly in the United Kingdom but increasingly in Ireland and mainland Europe, and the rest of the world.
A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician / technologist , game warden , park ranger , forest watcher , forest guard , forester , gamekeeper , investigator , wilderness officer , wildlife officer , or wildlife trooper .
Part of the Brecon Beacons National Park, looking from the highest point of Pen y Fan (886 m/2907 feet) to Cribyn (795 m/2608 feet).. Protected areas of the United Kingdom are areas in the United Kingdom which need and /or receive protection because of their environmental, historical or cultural value to the nation.
Conservation area signage in Carlton, Cambridgeshire. This page gives an overview of the complex structure of environmental and cultural conservation in the United Kingdom . With the advent of devolved government for Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland and of evolving regional government for England , the responsibilities for environment and ...
There is marked variation in the use of conservation area status across England, with coverage ranging from 100% of properties in the Isles of Scilly (which is one large conservation area) through an average of 17% in London (although some boroughs have over 50% coverage) to under 5% in about 30% of local authority areas.
Nature conservation interest: Designation(s) Sites on the Penwith Peninsula: Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI: Coastal cliffs and heathland Maritime and heathland plant communities; nationally rare & scarce plants and invertebrates NCR, SSSI Chyenhal Moor: SSSI Leswidden Block Works: Former china clay workings
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) was formally established in March 1994 by John Krebs, the then chief executive of NERC.It was formed by the drawing together of four research institutes: the Institute of Hydrology, the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, [6] the Institute of Freshwater Ecology and the Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology (IVEM).