Abstract
The Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) was (up until April 1991) the statutory agency for the conservation of nature in Great Britain. The main functions of this organisation are explained. The NCC appointed a specialist in lower plants in 1988 whose remit was to produce guidelines for the establishment of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) on cryptogamic grounds, as well as giving more general advice to Regional staff on site selection and management. The proposed guidelines use a scoring system which takes account of rarity, Atlantic communities and other factors in order to determine how valuable a site is for bryophytes (and other cryptogams). Other measures contributing towards bryophyte conservation include the production of Red Data Lists, giving special protection to certain species, and survey, monitoring, and occasionally transplantation, of very rare species. The lower plant specialist post has now been transferred to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
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