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Sections from the Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme (TVWLPS) Landscape Conservation Action Plan (LCAP) © Warwickshire Wildlife Trust 2014:
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Non-native invasive plants information leaflets produced by NNSS (Non-Native Species Secretariat:
The environment sector is full of acronyms, just like most professions, so here’s a list of some of the main ones that you might find on our website or in our LCAP (Landscape Conservation Action Plan!), or that you might hear people using.
Please let us know if you have any more that we can add!
AOD – Above Ordnance Datum
CaBA – Catchment-Based Approach
CFE – Campaign for the Farmed Environment
CMP – Catchment Management Plan
CRT – Canal and River Trust
CSF – Catchment Sensitive Farming
DAP – Developing Audience Participation
DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EA – Environment Agency
ha – Hectare
HBA – Habitat Biodiversity Audit
HER – Historic Environment Record
HLF – Heritage Lottery Fund
HoeCF – Heart of England Community Foundation
HS2 – High Speed Rail 2
LBAP – Local Biodiversity Action Plan
LCAP – Landscape Conservation Action Plan
LEP – Local Enterprise Partnership
LGS – Local Geological Site
LiDAR – LiDAR is a remote-sensing technology (from combining the words light and radar)
LNP – Local Nature Partnership
LNR – Local Nature Reserve
LWS (pLWS) – Local Wildlife Site (potential Local Wildlife Site)
MTP – Medium Term Plan (Environment Agency)
NCA – National Character Area
NE – Natural England
NEET – Not in Employment, Education or Training (a person)
NIA – Nature Improvement Area
NFM – Natural Flood Management
NFU – National Farmers’ Union
NWBC – North Warwickshire Borough Council
OCN – Open College Network
OS – Ordnance Survey
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
RoW – Right of Way
RSPB – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
RSWT – Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
SCC – Staffordshire County Council
SSSI – Site of Special Scientific Interest
ST – Severn Trent
SWT – Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
TAM CP – Tame Anker Mease Catchment Partnership
TBC – Tamworth Borough Council
TVWLP – Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership
TVWLPS – Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme
WAT – Wild about Tamworth (project)
WBRC – Warwickshire Biological Records Centre
WCC – Warwickshire County Council
WFD – Water Framework Directive
WMBC – West Midland Bird Club
WWT – Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
WTBBC – The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country
Wildlife crime is an offence and needs reporting. Examples include:
More information on wildlife crime and protected species can be found on The Wildlife Trusts’ website.
You can help by becoming a Wildlife Watcher.
Report wildlife crime to the police on 101 or dial 999 if a crime is in progress.
Incidents can also be reported on the Warwickshire Rural Watch website at www.warwickshireruralwatch.co.uk.
