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 conservation have become more complicated.

Legislation

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Table of contents

1 1) Covering Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2 2) Covering only Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)
3 3) Covering only England and Wales
4 4) Covering only England
5 5) Covering only Wales
6 6) Covering only Scotland
7 7) Covering only Northern Ireland
8 See also

1) Covering Great Britain and Northern Ireland

a) Conservation designations

Area of Archaeological Importance
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Article Four Direction
Biosphere Reserves in the United Kingdom
Conservation Area
Green Belt
Nitrate Vulnerable Zone
National Nature Reserve
Ramsar Sites
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation
United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan - UKBAP

b) Objects of conservation

c) Governmental organisations

British Wool Marketing Board
Joint Nature Conservation Committee

d) Non-governmental organisations

British Dragonfly Society
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, BTCV
British Waterfowl Association
Council for British Archaeology
National Gardens Scheme
National Trust (England, Wales, Northern Ireland), National Trust for Scotland
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Trinity House
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)
The Wildlife Trusts partnership links to every county Wildlife Trust
The Woodland Trust

2) Covering only Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)

a) Conservation designations

Objects of conservation

c) Governmental organisations

British Waterways
Forestry Commission
National Rivers Authority

d) Non-governmental organisations

Historic Houses Association

3) Covering only England and Wales

a) Conservation designations

b) Objects of conservation

c) Governmental organisations

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, DEFRA
Environment Agency

d) Non-governmental organisations

National Trust

4) Covering only England

a) Conservation designations

b) Objects of conservation

c) Governmental organisations

d) Non-governmental organisations

Cam Valley Wildlife Group
Civic Trust
North East Civic Trust
Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)

5) Covering only Wales

a) Conservation designations

b) Objects of conservation

c) Governmental organisations

CADW Welsh heritage
Civic Trust for Wales
Countryside Council for Wales

d) Non-governmental organisations

6) Covering only Scotland

a) Conservation designations

b) Objects of conservation

c) Governmental

Scottish Executive
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Parliament
Historic Scotland
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

d) Non-governmental

National Trust for Scotland
Scottish Civic Trust
Scottish Forest Alliance
Scottish Wildlife Trust see also The Wildlife Trusts partnership

7) Covering only Northern Ireland

a) Conservation designations

b) Objects of conservation

Museums in Northern Ireland
Historic houses in Northern Ireland
Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
Castles in Northern Ireland
National Trust Properties in Northern Ireland
Heritage railways
Long distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
Waterways in the United Kingdom
Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
Cycleways in Northern Ireland
Gardens in Northern Ireland
Botanical gardens in the United Kingdom
Forests in the United Kingdom
Lighthouses in Northern Ireland
Bridges in the United Kingdom
Roman sites in the United Kingdom

c) Governmental

Environment and Heritage Service
Forest Service Northern Ireland

d) Non-governmental

Ulster Wildlife Trust, see also The Wildlife Trusts partnership