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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 (of Wild Flora and Fauna) |
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 |
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 (now Rural Development Service, part of DEFRA) |
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 |
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 |
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