Aquatic Coleoptera Conservation Trust

About

• To address conservation issues associated with species of aquatic beetles in the United Kingdom • To promote research on wetland beetles appropriate to the conservation needs identified in the United Kingdom. • To raise the profile of said insects and related species by publication and specialist advice. • To support the National Biodiversity Network (NBN), iRecord and similar UK-wide initiatives by providing data and by interpretation of data. • continuing promotion of work on species at risk of extinction in the UK • various surveys, including Loch Roan in Dumfries & Galloway, also Llyn-y-parc in North Wales and Otmoor area in Oxfordshire • general submissions of material for identification up to 4,651 specimens in 44 batches • initiation of the Species Evidence Base for 96 taxa covered by Natural England's Nature Recovery Network • continuing work on an update of the fauna of Dumfries & Galloway • our activities continue to be largely underlined by the publications record

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