| ADAS |
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service |
| ASNW |
Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland |
| AW |
Ancient Woodland |
| BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
| BAPAG |
Biodiversity Action Plan Action Group |
| BASC |
British Association of Shooting and Conservation |
| BSBI |
Botanical Society of the British Isles |
| BTCV |
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers |
| BTO |
British Trust for Ornithology |
| CAWOS |
Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society |
| CBC |
Congleton Borough Council |
| CCC |
Cheshire County Council |
| CITES |
Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CLA |
Country Landowners Association |
| CLT |
Cheshire Landscape Trust |
| CoCo |
Countryside Commssion |
| CPRE |
Council for the Protection of Rural England |
| CWARG |
Cheshire and Wirral Amphibian and Reptile Group |
| CWT |
Cheshire Wildlife Trust |
| DEFRA |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECUS |
Environmental Consultants - University of Sheffield |
| EN |
English Nature |
| EU |
European Union |
| FC |
Forestry Commission |
| FRCA |
Farming and Rural Conservation Agency |
| FWAG |
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group |
| GCN |
Great Crested Newt |
| GCT |
Game Conservancy Trust |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GMEU |
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit |
| HCIL |
Herpetological Conservation International Limited |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
| JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| LBAP |
Local Biodiversity Action Plan |
| LEAF |
Link between the Environment and Farming |
| LEAP |
Local Environment Agency Plan |
| LNR |
Local Nature Reserve |
| MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food (now part of DEFRA) |
| NFU |
National Farmers Union |
| NNR |
National Nature Reserve |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| RAMSAR |
A wetland of recognised International Importance |
| RDB |
Red Data Book |
| RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| RSPCA |
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| SBI |
Site of Biological Importance |
| SNH |
Scottish National Heritage |
| SOAEFD |
Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department |
| SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest (Triple S I) |
| STW |
Sewage Treatment Works |
| TWT |
The Wildlife Trusts |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| VREN |
Vale Royal Environment Network |
| WCA |
Wildlife & Countryside Act |
| WEG |
Wildlife Executive Group |
| WWT |
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust |
