Biodiversity | the variety (within and between species) of
living things from all sources (terrestrial,
marine, aquatic) |
CFP | Common Fisheries Policy |
DCMS | Department for Culture Media and Sport |
Defra | Department for Environment Food and Rural
Affairs |
Devolved/ reserved mix | the spilt between those rights and
responsibilities which, by way of Schedule 5 of
the Scotland Act 1998, reserved to the
UK Government/Parliament and
those which are devolved to the Scottish
Executive/Parliament |
Ecosystem | structure, process, functions and
interaction among organisms, including humans,
and their environment |
Ecosystem Based Approach - | the integrated management of human
activities based on knowledge of ecosystem
dynamics to achieve sustainable use of
ecosystem goods and services and maintenance of
ecosystem integrity |
Eutrophication | excessive nutrients causing accelerated
growth of algae and an undesirable disturbance
in the balance of organisms normally
present |
FEPA | part II of the Food and Environment
Protection Act 1985 (deposits in the sea) |
ICES | International Council for the Exploration of
the Sea |
ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management - a
process for bringing together all those
involved in the development, management and use
of the coast to achieve sustainable development
at local level |
Marine spatial planning | a system for establishing strategic plans to
regulate activity in, and protect, the marine
environment |
Natura sites | EU-wide network of nature
conservation sites (
SAC and
SPA) to be established under
the
EC Habitats and Birds
Directives |
NGOs | Non Governmental Organisations |
ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the
UK Government |
Polluter pays principle | principle under which the polluter should
pay for any environmental damage created |
Precautionary principle | principle under which, where there are
threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack
of full scientific certainty shall not be used
as a reason for postponing cost effective
measures to prevent environmental
degradation |
Priority species | species identified for priority conservation
action as part of the
UK Biodiversity Action
Plan |
SAC | Special Areas for Conservation under
EC Directive 79/409/EEC on
the Conservation of Wild Birds |
Scottish Biodiversity | a broad-based Scottish partnership of
Government, its agencies, local authorities,
voluntary bodies and others working for the |
Forum | future of biodiversity in Scotland |
Scottish Coastal Forum | a national group set up to provide a focus
for discussion of coastal issues in Scotland
and to offer advice to Government |
SEA | strategic environmental assessment |
SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SNH | Scottish Natural Heritage |
SPA | Special Protection Areas under
EC Directive 92/43/EEC on
the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of
Wild Flora and Fauna |
SSMEI | Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment
Initiative - a Scottish Executive initiative
aimed at piloting new ways of managing the use
of coastal and marine resources |
Sustainable Development | development which meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs. The
concept embraces all economic activity,
including the use of natural resources |
WFD | the
EC Water Framework
Directive |