South East England Biodiversity Forum

Useful Websites

Government Bodies

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Government Office South East 

South East England Development Agency

South East England Regional Assembly

 

Statutory Bodies:

The Environment Agency

Forestry Commission

Natural England

 

Nature Conservation and Biodiversity:

The Wildlife Trusts

UK Biodiversity Action Plan

The National Biodiversity Network

The Bat Conservation Trust 

Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

Pond Conservation

Woodland Trust

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

Plantlife

Buglife

Butterfly Conservation

The South East England Biodiversity Forum (SEEBF)

 

Local Record Centres

South East Local Records Centre Forum

 County

Local Record Centre website

 Berkshire and Oxfordshire

Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre

 Buckinghamshire and MK

Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Record Centre

 Hampshire

Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre

 Isle of Wight

 

 Kent and Medway

Kent and Medway Biological Records Centre

 Surrey

Surrey Biological Records Centre

 Sussex

Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

 

Local Biodiversity Action Plan Partnerhsips

 

 County LBAP Partnership
 Berkshire  Berkshire Nature Conservation Forum
 Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes  Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Biodiversity Partnership
 Hampshire  Hampshire Biodiversity Partnership
 Isle of Wight  Go  Wild on Wight
 Kent and Medway Kent Biodiversity Partnership
 Oxfordshire Oxfordhsire Nature Conservation Forum
 Surrey Surrey Biodiversity Partnership
 Sussex  Sussex Biodiversity Partnership

 

 

Websites for specific sectors

Construction and Development:

The Construction Industry Research and Information Association 

The Building Research Establishment 

Schwegler bat and bird boxes and bricks 

South East England Development Agency building for nature

Design for Biodiversity

DTI & Faber Maunsell Project

Livingroofs.org - Independent UK Resource For Green Roof Information

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) guidance on bird nest boxes

Association of Wildlife Trust Consultancies 

South East Excellence

 

Businesses

The Business and Biodiversity Resource centre

Highways Agency

Knowledge Centre

Doing Business with us - Advice notes, design and contract guidance/manuals and standards can all be downloaded 

 

Minerals extraction

West Sussex CC BAP for mineral sites

After Minerals

Buglife - 'Managing aggregates sites for invertebrates - a best practice guide' 

Pond Conservation - 'Pond creation on aggregate extraction sites: best practice design principles'

RSPB 'Habitat creation handbook for the minerals industry' £24.99 (order from publications@rspb.org.uk)

Local authorities

Defra information on the NERC act