| Acronym |
Organisation |
| AC |
Angus Council |
| AGRS |
Angus Glens Ranger Service |
| ATBs |
Area Tourist Boards |
| BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
| BASC |
British Association for Shooting and Conservation |
| BASIS |
British Agrochemical Safety Inspection Standards |
| BC |
Butterfly Conservation |
| BFEP |
Broughty Ferry Environment Project |
| BSBI |
Botanical Society of the British Isles |
| BTCV |
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (Scotland) |
| BTO |
British Trust for Ornithology |
| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
| CBB |
Cairngorm Biodiversity Board |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CfS(S) |
Concern for Swifts (Scotland) |
| CPB |
Cairngorms Partnership Board |
| CPS |
Countryside Premium Scheme |
| DCC |
Dundee City Council |
| DCS |
Deer Commission for Scotland |
| DMGs |
Deer Management Groups |
| DSFBs |
District Salmon Fishery Boards (Tay DSFB, Esk DSFB) |
| DSWA |
Dry Stone Walling Association |
| EU |
European Union |
| EGDMG |
East Grampian Deer Management Group |
| ESA |
Environmentally Sensitive Area |
| FC |
Forestry Commission |
| FE |
Forest Enterprise |
| FWAG |
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group |
| GCR |
Geological Conservation Review |
| GCT |
Game Conservancy Trust |
| HAP |
Habitat Action Plan |
| HS |
Historic Scotland |
| IACS |
Integrated Administration and Control System |
| JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| LA |
Local Authority |
| LBAP |
Local Biodiversity Action Plan |
| LERAP |
Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides |
| LNR |
Local Nature Reserve |
| MCS |
Marine Conservation Society |
| MLURI |
Macauley Land Use Research Institute |
| MoD |
Ministry of Defence |
| NERC |
National Environmental Research Council |
| NFUS |
National Farmers’ Union Scotland |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| NNR |
National Nature Reserve |
| NTS |
National Trust for Scotland |
| NVC |
National Vegetation Classification |
| PKC |
Perth and Kinross Council |
| PWLO |
Police Wildlife Liaison Officer |
| Ramsar 1971 |
Ramsar Convention on Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl |
| RIGS |
Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Site |
| RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| RSS |
Rural Stewardship Scheme |
| SAC |
Scottish Agricultural Colleges |
| SAC |
Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive |
| pSAC |
proposed Special Area of Conservation |
| SANA |
Scottish Anglers National Association |
| SAP |
Species Action Plan |
| SCM |
Site Condition Monitoring (6-year species monitoring programme undertaken on SSSIs by SNH) |
| SE |
Scottish Executive |
| SEERAD |
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
| SEPA |
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
| SEPA (HEI) |
SEPA Habitat Enhancement Initiative |
| SET |
Scottish Enterprise Tayside |
| SGCWG |
Scottish Golf Course Wildlife Group |
| SLF |
Scottish Landowners’ Federation |
| SMP |
Shoreline Management Plan |
| SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
| SNW |
Scottish Native Woods |
| SOC |
Scottish Ornithologists’ Club |
| SPA |
Special Protection Area under the European Union Birds Directive |
| SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
| SW |
Scottish Water |
| SWT |
Scottish Wildlife Trust |
| TBAP |
Tayside Biodiversity Action Plan |
| TBP |
Tayside Biodiversity Partnership |
| TEF |
Tay Estuary Forum |
| TIBRE |
Targeted Inputs for a Better Rural Environment |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UN |
United Nations |
| WGDMG |
West Grampian Deer Management Group |
| WGS |
Woodland Grant Scheme |
| WT |
Woodland Trust |
| WWT |
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust |
