London Ecology Unit
# 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.

## 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.

## Publications

* 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.)

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