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.<ref name=BrentForward>{{cite book|title=Nature conservation in Brent|first1=Ian|last1=Yarham|first2=Meg|last2=Game|publisher=London Ecology Unit|year=2000|isbn=1-871045-31-2|edition=2nd}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=BrentForward /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/activism-for-change|publisher=London Wildlife Trust|title=Activism for Change|accessdate=16 September 2013 }}</ref>
==Publications== Source:<ref>Yarham, p. vi</ref> *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.)
Also: ''Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/biodiversity/docs/Building_Green_main_text.pdf |publisher=Mayor of London |title=Building Green - A Guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements |first1=Jacklyn |last1=Johnston |first2=John |last2=Newton |year=1993 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816005511/http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/biodiversity/docs/Building_Green_main_text.pdf |archivedate=16 August 2012 }}</ref>
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Category:Environmental organisations based in London Category:Conservation in London