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Catalogue description Nature Conservancy: General Matters, Registered Files
| Reference: | FT 3 |
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| Title: | Nature Conservancy: General Matters, Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains registered files of the Nature Conservancy which cover a wide range of matters, including advice to the government on conservation issues, declaration and management of National Nature Reserves, identification of Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and the promotion of research into all aspects of conservation. They include files about conservation problems overseas. The files comprise a mixture of correspondence, reports, minutes, agenda and papers of particular working groups, and research data. The records also reflect work associated with the Deer (England and Wales) Act 1963, the Animals (Restrictions of Importation) Act 1964 and the Commons Registration Act 1965. |
| Date: | 1942-2004 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | N file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
English Nature, 1991-2006 Nature Conservancy, 1949-1973 Nature Conservancy Council, 1973-1991 |
| Physical description: | 854 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1992 English Nature |
| Accruals: | This series is accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: | The Nature Conservancy Council was a United Kingdom government agencyresponsible for designating and managing National Nature Reserves and othernature conservation areas in Great Britain between 1973 and 1991. NatureConservancy's main and sub-committees and major working groups include theNature Conservancy; Scottish Committee; England and Wales Committee; ScientificPolicy Committee; Advisory Committee for England; Advisory Committee for Wales;Conservation Group and others. In 1991, following the passage of theEnvironmental Protection Act 1990 and the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991,the Nature Conservancy Council was divided into three. The English part becameEnglish Nature. Nature Reserves Investigation Committee, 1942-1954, Wild LifeConservation Special Committee, 1945-1947 |
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