title: London Ecology Unit
text: # London Ecology Unit
  
  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
  
  * 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
  
  