Marine conservation and pollution

Marine conservation and pollution—content

Content in this subtopic on marine conservation and pollution includes the following Practice Notes:

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   Marine species protection—considers the legislative framework for the protection of marine species in England and Wales at international, European and national level. The Practice Note looks at marine species protection provisions found in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) and Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (Birds Directive) and implementing national regulations, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA 1981) and some species specific legislation. It includes information about the national site network

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   Marine protected areas—considers the network of marine protected areas in England and Wales and the legislative provisions that they come from. This includes the OSPAR Convention designated Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) as designated under the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) as designated under the Birds Directive, Marine Conservation