Management bodies for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Special Protection Areas (SPA) are classified under the EC Birds Directive. This dataset is derived from the UK wide data submitted to the EU Commmission as part of the Standard Data Form updating exercise on 22 December 2015 (Tranche 50) . It contains details for both SACs and SPAs - there is one row in the dataset for each combination of individual site and management body. The list of management bodies is as follows.
Scottish Natural Heritage
Natural Resources Wales
Natural England
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
For offshore sites the following statement has been used "For information about relevant management bodies contact the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and see Section 4.5 for site management progress"
This dataset relates to section 6.1 of the Standard Data form
Note that prior to December 2015, these data had not been collated for any sites in the UK apart from Gibraltar.
