London Ecology Unit

The London Ecology Unit (LEU) provided advice to London boroughs on nature conservation issues between 1986 and 2000. It published a series of handbooks, some on specific conservation issues, and some which gave detailed descriptions of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) in each borough. The handbooks provided a basis for addressing nature conservation in the boroughs' Unitary Development Plans, and for policy decisions in planning and leisure services.^[1]

History

In 1982 the Greater London Council (GLC) established an Ecology Team, which commissioned the London Wildlife Trust to undertake a survey of wildlife sites in London. The GLC was abolished in 1986, but the work of the Ecology Team was carried on by the LEU, working to a joint committee of London boroughs, the London Ecology Committee. In April 2000 the LEU was merged into the newly established Greater London Authority.^[1][2]

Publications

Source:^[3]

• 1. Ecology and Nature Conservation in London
• 2. A Guide to Habitat Creation
• 3. Nature Conservation Guidelines for London
• 4. Woodland, Wasteland, the Tidal Thames and Two London Boroughs
• 5. Nature Conservation in Brent (1st ed.)
• 7. Nature Conservation in Hillingdon
• 8. London's Meadows and Pastures
• 9. Nature Conservation in Croydon
• 10, Nature Conservation in Greenwich
• 11. Nature Conservation in Waltham Forest
• 12. Nature Conservation in Southwark
• 13. Nature Conservation in Harrow
• 14. Nature Areas for City People
• 15. Nature Conservation in Hounslow
• 16. Nature Conservation in Ealing
• 17. Nature Conservation in Newham
• 18. Nature Conservation in Kingston upon Thames
• 19. Nature Conservation in Islington
• 20. Nature Conservation in Barking and Dagenham
• 21. Nature Conservation in Richmond upon Thames
• 22. Nature Conservation in Sutton
• 23. Nature Conservation in Community Forest
• 24. Nature Conservation in Camden
• 25. Nature Conservation in Hammersmith & Fulham
• 26. Nature Conservation in Lambeth
• 27. Nature Conservation in Tower Hamlets
• 28. Nature Conservation in Barnet
• 29. Nature Conservation in Merton
• 30. Nature Conservation in Lewisham
• 31. Nature Conservation in Brent (2nd ed.)

Also: Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements^[4]

References

1. Yarham, Ian; Game, Meg (2000). Nature conservation in Brent (2nd ed.). London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1-871045-31-2.
2. "Activism for Change". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
3. Yarham, p. vi
4. Johnston, Jacklyn; Newton, John (1993). "Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements" (PDF). Mayor of London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.