Nature conservation publications

• 'Nature and the National Trust'
  (PDF/370KB)
  A booklet that highlights the importance of our role as a nature conservation body and sets out our Nature Conservation Policy and a Nature Conservation Strategy.

• Wildlife and buildings - technical guidance
  (PDF/311KB)
• The management of freshwater fisheries
  (PDF/300KB)
• Controlling Japanese knotweed
• Livestock grazing on National Trust parkland
• Gardeners and nature conservation
• The Effect of Building Work on Bats - Ten Case Studies (2003) by Chris Appleton
• Sediment Management & Dredging in Lakes
  (PDF/161KB)
• Management of deer on National Trust land (2000)
  (PDF/232KB)

Related websites and organisations

• The Ancient Tree Forum
• ARKive – World's digital library of films, photographs and recordings of species
• Bat Conservation Trust
• The Barn Owl Centre
• The Barn Owl Trust
• The Botanical Society of the British isles (BSBI)
• Business and Biodiversity - a resource centre run by Earthwatch educating businesses about biodiversity and what they can do to help the environment.
• Birdlife International – global alliance of national conservation organisations
• British Geological Survey
• British Trust for Ornithology
• Butterfly Conservation
• Common Ground
• Countryside Council for Wales
• The Deer Initiative
• The British Deer Society
• English Nature
• Environment and Heritage Service for Northern Ireland
• Farm Wildlife
  Wildlife information for the farming community on farmland wildlife conservation
• Forum for the Application of Conservation Techniques (FACT)
  FACT is a partnership of organisations, including the National Trust, convened and co-ordinated by English Nature. It operates through a series of projects and initiatives, such as the Grazing Animals Project (GAP), Ecolots and Contak. FACT exists to provide information on practical habitat management problems, best practice, sustainable methods, and the development of techniques and equipment.
• Flora of Northern Ireland
• Game Conservancy Trust
• Mammal society
• Marine Conservation Society
• Pembrokeshire's Living Heathlands - find out more about lowland heathland - one of Europe's most threatened habitats - and how the Pembrokeshire's Living Heathlands project is working to safeguard its future in the county.
• Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime(PAW) – multi-agency body comprising representatives of all the organisations involved in wildlife law enforcement in the UK
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Scottish Wildlife Trust
• UK Safari – for anyone interested in the wildlife and countryside of Britain
• Wealth of Wildlife
• Wildlife in Cumbria
• Wildlife Trusts
• Wildfile.co.uk – links to regional and other wildlife web sites
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
• Wild Trout Trust
• Wildlife Hospital Trust
• The Woodland Trust