Language English Dewey Decimal 333.9/5/0941 Originally published 1977 Genre Non-fiction OCLC 3017706 | ISBN 0-521-21159-X LC Class QH77.G7 N39 Country United Kingdom | |
Subject Nature conservation in Great Britain Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar A Nature Conservation Review, Bird life of mountain and upland, The Peregrine Falcon, The raven, Lakeland: The Wildlife of | ||
A Nature Conservation Review is a 2-volume work by Derek Ratcliffe, published by Cambridge University Press in 1977. It set out to identify the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain. It is often known by the acronym NCR, and sites listed in it are termed "NCR sites".
The approach adopted by Ratcliffe was adapted and applied to the selection of sites important for geological conservation in the Geological Conservation Review. A Marine Nature Conservation Review has also been published.
Volume 1 set out the rationale and methods used, and gave descriptions of the major habitat types.
Volume 2 consisted entirely of a site inventory. Sites were grouped into six major habitat types:
References
A Nature Conservation Review Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA