Local sites in positive conservation management in England
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides statistics on local sites (i.e. sites designated locally for their substantive nature conservation importance, either for wildlife or geology) which are being managed so as to conserve their nature conservation interest (i.e. are in 'positive conservation management').
Document History
Last updated: 26 February 2026 - Update to data. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-sites-in-positive-conservation-management--2/local-sites-in-positive-conservation-management-in-england and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: official statistics. First published: 29 November 2012.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.