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 Source:Yarham, p. vi 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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