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Anthropogenic
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human initiated actions or activities in the wider environment
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Biodiversity
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the variety (within and between species) of living things from all sources
(terrestrial, marine, aquatic)
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Birds Directive
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EC Directive 79/409/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds
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CFP
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EU Common Fisheries Policy
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Defra
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Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Devolved Administrations
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Scottish Executive; Welsh Assembly Government; Northern Ireland Assembly
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Devolved Responsibility
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responsibility under the Scotland Act 1998 which has not been reserved
to the UK Government/Parliament under Schedule 5.
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6th EAP
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EU 6th Environment Action Programme
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Ecosystem
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structure, process, functions and interaction among organisms, including
humans, and their environment
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Ecosystem Approach
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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.
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Eutrophication
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excessive nutrients causing accelerated growth of algae and an undesirable
disturbance in the balance of organisms normally present
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FEPA
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Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (Deposits in
the Sea)
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Gothenburg Protocol
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The 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and
Ground-level Ozone
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Habitats Directive
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EC Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of
Wild Flora and Fauna
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ICZM
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Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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IMO
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International Maritime Organisation
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Marine Stewardship Reports
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a series of UK reports on A Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable
Development of the UK’s Marine Environment
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NSC
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The Bergen Declaration 2002 of the Fifth North Sea Conference
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OSPAR
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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East
Atlantic (Oslo and Paris Commissions)
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Reserved Responsibility
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responsibilities listed in Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 as reserved
to the UK Government/Parliament
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Safeguarding Our Seas
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the first UK Marine Stewardship Report
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Scottish Biodiversity Forum
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A broad-based, partnership of Government, its agencies (SNH and SEPA),
local authorities, voluntary bodies, and others working for the future
of biodiversity in Scotland.
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Scottish Coastal Forum
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A national group set up to provide a focus for discussion of coastal
issues and to advise Government.
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Scotland’s Marine Environment
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adjacent to Scotland and internal waters (i.e. the Minches), over which
the Scottish Executive/Parliament have devolved responsibility (see SI
1999 No. 1126 - The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999). In
respect of fisheries and parts of FEPA, this extends to the limit of UK
controlled waters i.e. 200 nm as designated in orders made under the Continental
Shelf Act 1964.
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Stakeholders
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organisations and individuals not part of the Scottish Executive but
with whom the Executive seeks to engage in taking forward policy development
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Strategic Environmental Assessment
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the process of assessing plans and programmes (rather than individual
projects) for their environmental impacts
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Sustainable Development
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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.
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TBT
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Tri-butyl-tin — a substance used in some anti-fouling paints on
ships hulls to reduce encrustation by marine organisms but now
being phased out
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UK State of the Seas Report
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the next report under the UK Marine Stewardship banner
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WFD
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EC Directive 2000/60/EC on Establishing a Framework for Community Action
in the Field of Water Policy
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WEWS Act
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The Water Environment and Water Services Act 2003
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WSSD
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World Summit on Sustainable Development
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