JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

The Joint Committee leads JNCC and has overall responsibility for its work. The Accountability Framework Document, Management Statement and Financial Memorandum provide the legal, administrative and financial framework within which the Joint Committee operates. The membership of the Committee is defined in schedule 4 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. Current members are as follows: The Committee meets three times in March, June and November.

Members discuss strategic nature conservation and organisational issues as well as making high-level advice, strategy, funding and planning decisions. The Committee is committed to the principle of open government and has been holding open meetings since 2001. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings as observers except when confidential issues are being discussed.

Agendas and Committee papers are made available one week ahead of meetings and draft minutes six weeks later. Inter-sessional papers, provided between Committee meetings, are also available. Meetings are run in accordance with a set of Standing Orders.