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Department of the Environment and successors: Rural Affairs Directorate and Predecessors;...

Catalogue reference: AT 85

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AT 85

Wildlife (WLF) files are concerned with wildlife conservation, sponsorship of voluntary conservation bodies, approval of import/export licences for flora and fauna, legislation concerning the protection of wildlife and the policing of the...

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Reference

AT 85

Title

Department of the Environment and successors: Rural Affairs Directorate and Predecessors; Wildlife Registered files (WLF) Series

Date

1987-1990

Description

Wildlife (WLF) files are concerned with wildlife conservation, sponsorship of voluntary conservation bodies, approval of import/export licences for flora and fauna, legislation concerning the protection of wildlife and the policing of the legislation recommended by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).

Arrangement

The files will be presented in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative order.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

WLF

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of the Environment, Rural Affairs Directorate, 1979-1994
  • Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Wildlife Countryside Directorate, 1997-2001
  • Department of the Environment, Wildlife and Countryside Directorate, 1994-1997
Physical description

3 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2012 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Custodial history

Until 1997 these files remained with the Department of the Environment; from 1997 to 2001, they were with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and from 2001 to the present they were with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

Accumulation dates

1975 to present.

Accruals

Series is accruing.

Selection and destruction information

These files were selected on the basis they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisation outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's acquisition policy).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16003/

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Department of the Environment and successors: Rural Affairs Directorate and Predecessors; Wildlife Registered files (WLF) Series