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Common Standards Monitoring Guidance for Coastal 2004

Abstract

The guidance given here deals with common standards monitoring (CSM) for those designated sites, including SSSIs and SACs, that specifically identify Coastal aspects as a site feature (given under four broad headings: Coastal vegetated shingle, Sand dune (including machair), Saltmarsh and Maritime cliff and slope).

This guidance identifies a set of generic attributes to assess status of the feature, highlighting those attributes that should be used on all sites, and those that are site-specific (discretionary) to be used to reflect local distinctiveness;

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2004·08·01

Lineage
JNCC and the country nature conservation bodies commenced a programme to develop guidance across the range of species, habitat and earth science features which occur on UK protected sites.

Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2019·08·20

Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

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