London Ecology Unit
The London Ecology Unit (LEU) provided advice to London boroughs on nature conservation issues between 1986 and 2000. It published a series of handbooks, some on specific conservation issues, and some which gave detailed descriptions of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) in each borough. The handbooks provided a basis for addressing nature conservation in the boroughs' Unitary Development Plans, and for policy decisions in planning and leisure services.[1]
History
[edit]In 1982 the Greater London Council (GLC) established an Ecology Team, which commissioned the London Wildlife Trust to undertake a survey of wildlife sites in London. The GLC was abolished in 1986, but the work of the Ecology Team was carried on by the LEU, with oversight provided by a joint committee of London boroughs, the London Ecology Committee.[2] In April 2000 the LEU was merged into the newly established Greater London Authority.[1][3]
The London Ecology Unit was responsible for identifying a site as a site of Metropolitan importance for nature conservation.[4]
Publications
[edit]The London Ecology Unit published several documents including on promoting nature conservation across London, habitat creation and nature conservation in each borough.[5] The London Ecology Unit also published Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Yarham, Ian; Game, Meg (2000). Nature conservation in Brent (2nd ed.). London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1-871045-31-2.
- ↑ Goode, D. A. (December 1989). "Urban Nature Conservation in Britain". The Journal of Applied Ecology. 26 (3): 859. doi:10.2307/2403697.
- ↑ "Activism for Change". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Tunstall, Sylvia (2000). "Public Perceptions of the Environmental Changes to the Thames Estuary in London, U.K." Journal of Coastal Research. 16 (2). Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.: 269–277. ISSN 0749-0208.
- ↑ Yarham, p. vi
- ↑ Johnston, Jacklyn; Newton, John (1993). "Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements" (PDF). Mayor of London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
