NERC Act 2006. Section 41: Species of Principal Importance in England
Species “of principal importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity” covered under section 41 (England) of the NERC Act (2006) and therefore need to be taken into consideration by a public body when performing any of its functions with a view to c
JNCC has extracted this version of the list from information supplied by Natural England. This has been done primarily because this list is important to Recorder Users. To speed up the collation process only scientific names were used - ie the common name
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- ID number:
- NHMSYS0020515439
- Authority:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Version:
- 1
- Last updated:
- 06 July 2009
Glossary
- Synonym:
- are different scientific names that pertain to the same taxon, for example two names for the same species. One basic principle of zoological nomenclature is that the earliest correctly published and available name (the senior synonym) takes precedence and must be used for the taxon, if no other restrictions interfere.
- Common name:
- A common name of an organism (also known as a vernacular name, colloquial name, trivial name, trivial epithet, country name, or farmer's name) is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with a scientific name.
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