Glossary of Terms:


The following glossary provides a list of definitions and expansions for many of the abbreviations and acronyms used within Biological Recording, Biodiversity and Conservation related subjects, especially within the Cheshire region. We hope that they will prove of use when you are addressing recording subjects or reading related documents (including this web-site). If you find any others which are missing, or that you do not understand, then please do contact us and we will attempt to add them to the list (assuming we can find out what they mean ourselves) - You can e-mail them to us at : [email protected]

 

ADAS Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
AES Amateur Entomologists' Society
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
BIS Biodiversity Information System
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 Commission
CMG Cheshire Moth Group
CPRE Council for the Protection of Rural England
CrBP Cheshire Biodiversity Partnership
CROW Countryside and Rights of Way
CWARG Cheshire and Wirral Amphibian and Reptile Group
CWT Cheshire Wildlife Trust
DETR Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
EA Environment Agency
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
GONW Government Office North West
GPS Global Positioning System
HAP Habitat Action Plan
HCIL Herpetological Conservation International Limited
HLF Heritage Lottery Fund
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP Internet Service Provider
IT Information Technology
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee
LA Local Authority
LBAP Local Biodiversity Action Plan
LCES Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society
LEAF Link between the Environment and Farming
LEAP Local Environment Agency Plan
LNR Local Nature Reserve
LRC Local Record Centre
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food
MF Mersey Forest
MVP Mersey Valley Partnership
NBN National Biodiversity Network
NE Natural England - replacement for EN in 2006
NFU National Farmers Union
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NNR National Nature Reserve
NWNU North West Naturalists' Union
OS Ordnance Survey
PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls
PPG9 Planning Policy Guidance Note 9 - Nature Conservation
RAMSAR A wetland of recognised International Importance
RDB Red Data Book
RECORD RECORD - The Biodiversity Information System for Cheshire,
Halton, Warrington and the Wirral - (A Local Record Centre)
RODIS RECORD Online Data Input System - a facility for entering wildlife sighting information via the RECORD website
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SAP Species Action Plan
SBI Site of Biological Importance
SINC Site of Importance for Nature Conservation
SLA Service Level Agreement
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
WACG Witton Area Conservation Group
WCA Wildlife & Countryside Act
WEG Wildlife Executive Group
WREN Waste Recycling Environment Network
WWT Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust