Press Release: Designation of more special areas of conservation

On 8 December 2004, the European Commission announced the adoption of the list of Sites of Community Importance (SCI) for the Atlantic and Continental regions which, for the Atlantic region, included the list of candidate Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) submitted by the United Kingdom up to this date. The 236 Sites of Community Importance adopted in England were designated as Special Areas of Conservation by the UK Nature Conservation Minister, Ben Bradshaw on 1 April 2005.

United Kingdom: Joint Nature Conservation Committee: List of SACs in England http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/SAC_list.asp?Country=E

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1449&f http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1449&f

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