The London Ecology Unit (LEU) provided advice to
London boroughs
The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at t ...
on nature conservation issues between 1986 and 2000. It published a series of handbooks, some on specific conservation issues, and some which gave detailed descriptions of
Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) in each borough. The handbooks provided a basis for addressing nature conservation in the boroughs'
Unitary Development Plan
In United Kingdom planning law, a unitary development plan (UDP) is a development plan prepared by a metropolitan district, London Borough or some unitary local authorities.
Background
UDPs contains policies equivalent to those in both a struct ...
s, and for policy decisions in planning and leisure services.
History
In 1982 the
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...
(GLC) established an Ecology Team, which commissioned the
London Wildlife Trust
London Wildlife Trust (LWT), founded in 1981, is a local nature conservation charity for Greater London. It is one of 46 members of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (known as The Wildlife Trusts), each of which is a local nature conservatio ...
to undertake a survey of wildlife sites in London. The GLC was abolished in 1986, but the work of the Ecology Team was carried on by the LEU, working to a joint committee of London boroughs, the London Ecology Committee. In April 2000 the LEU was merged into the newly established
Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym "City Hall", is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London. It consists of two political branches: the executive Mayoralty (currently led by Sadiq Khan) and the ...
.
Publications
*1. ''Ecology and Nature Conservation in London''
*2. ''A Guide to Habitat Creation''
*3. ''Nature Conservation Guidelines for London''
*4. ''Woodland, Wasteland, the Tidal Thames and Two London Boroughs''
*5. ''Nature Conservation in Brent'' (1st ed.)
*7. ''Nature Conservation in Hillingdon''
*8. ''London's Meadows and Pastures''
*9. ''Nature Conservation in Croydon''
*10, ''Nature Conservation in Greenwich''
*11. ''Nature Conservation in Waltham Forest''
*12. ''Nature Conservation in Southwark''
*13. ''Nature Conservation in Harrow''
*14. ''Nature Areas for City People''
*15. ''Nature Conservation in Hounslow''
*16. ''Nature Conservation in Ealing''
*17. ''Nature Conservation in Newham''
*18. ''Nature Conservation in Kingston upon Thames''
*19. ''Nature Conservation in Islington''
*20. ''Nature Conservation in Barking and Dagenham''
*21. ''Nature Conservation in Richmond upon Thames''
*22. ''Nature Conservation in Sutton''
*23. ''Nature Conservation in Community Forest''
*24. ''Nature Conservation in Camden''
*25. ''Nature Conservation in Hammersmith & Fulham''
*26. ''Nature Conservation in Lambeth''
*27. ''Nature Conservation in Tower Hamlets''
*28. ''Nature Conservation in Barnet''
*29. ''Nature Conservation in Merton''
*30. ''Nature Conservation in Lewisham''
*31. ''Nature Conservation in Brent'' (2nd ed.)
Also: ''Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements''
References
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Environmental organisations based in London
Conservation in London