Implementation of the EEC habitats directive: the government consultation paper

Horton, P.

Implementation of the EEC habitats directive: the government consultation paper - 1994 - Mineral Planning (58) March 1994, 14-16(3) .

Assesses the content of EC Directive 93/43 EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and identifies three main areas of strengthening of existing legislation, which are discussed at length. These are "habitat conservation provisions", "species protection provisions", and "wider countryside measures". Looks at the implications for mineral operations.


EC DIRECTIVE 79/409
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990
MINERAL PLANNING
NATURAL HABITATS
NATURE CONSERVATION
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981