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Exe Estuary Management Partnership

For people, for wildlife, for the future

List of Abbreviations


AONB

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

CaBA

Catchment Based Approach

CEFAS

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

CIL

Community Infrastructure Levy

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

D&SIFCA

Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

DCC

Devon County Council

Defra

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DLPG

Devon Landscape Policy Group

DWT

Devon Wildlife Trust

EA

Environment Agency

EC

European Commission

ECC

Exeter City Council

EDDC

East Devon District Council

EEMP

Exe Estuary Management Partnership

EEO

Exe Estuary Officer

EU

European Union

F&CERMS

Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy

FWAG

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GLA

General Lighthouse Authority

HMO

Habitat Mitigation Officers

HRA

Habitats Regulations Assessment

LiCCo

Living with a Changing Coast

LNR

Local Nature Reserve

LPA

Local Planning Authority

MCA

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

MMO

Marine Management Organisation

MSFD

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

NE

Natural England

NEP

National Environmental Programme

NLO

Net Limitation Order

NNR

National Nature Reserve

NVZ

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone

OS

Ordnance Survey

PML

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

PUG

Port User Group

RBMP

River Basin Management Plan

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

RYA

Royal Yachting Association

SAC

Special Area of Conservation

SANG

Sustainable Alternative Natural Greenspace

SEDHRP

South East Devon Habitat Regulations Partnership

SMP

Shoreline Management Plan

SPA

Special Protection Area

SRC

Shoreline Response Centre

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

SWW

South West Water

TH

Trinity House

UST

Upstream Thinking

WCO

Western Channel Observatory

WFD

Water Framework Directive

WRT

Westcountry Rivers Trust