The countryside at a crossroads: Is the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 still fit for purpose? Contents

Appendix 4: Acronyms and glossary

ACRE

Action with Communities in Rural England

ALGE

Association of Local Government Ecologists

AONB

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CCC

Committee on Climate Change

CCN

County Councils Network

CJEU

Court of Justice of the European Union

CIEEM

Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

CLA

Country Land & Business Association

CRC

Commission for Rural Communities

CRoW Act

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Defra

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

GLNP

Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership

GVA

Gross Value Added

HMRC

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs

IEEP

Institute for European Environmental Policy

JNCC

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

LARA

Motoring Organisations’ Land Access and Recreation Association

LEPs

Local Enterprise Partnerships

LGA

Local Government Association

LI

Landscape Institute

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

MHCLG

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

NDPB

Non-Departmental Public Body

NE

Natural England

NERC Act

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

NEWP

Natural Environment White Paper (2011)

NFU

National Farmers’ Union

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NIAs

Nature Improvement Areas

NPPF

National Planning Policy Framework

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

RCPU

Rural Communities Policy Unit

RDA

Regional Development Agency

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

TCPA

Town and Country Planning Association

TRF

Trail Riders Fellowship

TROs

Traffic Regulation Orders

UURs

Unsealed, Unclassified Roads





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