Nature Conservancy Council

The Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) was a United Kingdom government agency responsible for designating and managing National Nature Reserves and other nature conservation areas in Great Britain between 1973 and 1991 (it did not cover Northern Ireland).

Origin

The NCC was established by the Nature Conservancy Council Act 1973 and replaced the Nature Conservancy, established by Royal Charter in 1949. NCC's duties included:

Structure

The organisation was divided into the three countries, each of which was divided in turn into regions covering several counties. Specialist groups dealt with nationwide issues, such as geology, cartography, grasslands, woodlands, birds, other taxonomic groups etc. There was a national headquarters, at first in Belgrave Square in London, but later in Peterborough.

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is an American charitable environmental organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Its mission is to "conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends."

The Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana played a role in the formation of The Nature Conservancy.Volo Bog in northern Illinois was one of the first purchases of the Illinois Nature Conservancy due to the fundraising efforts of Cyrus Mark, the first president of the Illinois Nature Conservancy.

Founded in Arlington, Virginia, in 1951, The Nature Conservancy now works in more than 35 countries, including all 50 states of the United States. The Conservancy has over one million members, and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres (48,000,000 ha) of land and 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of rivers worldwide. The Nature Conservancy also operates more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. The organization's assets total $6.18 billion as of 2014.

The Nature Conservancy is the largest environmental nonprofit by assets and by revenue in the Americas.

Nature Conservancy (UK)

The Nature Conservancy was a British government agency established by Royal Charter in 1949.

The Nature Conservancy was superseded by the Nature Conservancy Council in 1973.