NEGTAP — 2001 Final Report
Summary
The National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution (NEGTAP) will be an advisory Non-Departmental
Public Body. Its work will span 24 months. The Terms of Reference for the Expert Group are to review current
knowledge and advise Ministers on:
- biological and chemical trends in the UK environment, and the prospects for recovery, as a result of current and projected deposition of transboundary air pollutants
- UK critical load, and critical load exceedence maps for acidity and eutrophication and advise Ministers on their further development
- requests from the Government on other transboundary air pollution issues
This report provides a detailed description of the current status of the problems of acid deposition, eutrophication and ground-level ozone pollution in the UK. The report discusses emissions, atmosphereic concentrations and deposition of the major pollutants, and the impacts on soils, vegetation and freshwaters.
Editors:
NEGTAP
Publication Date:
2001
ISBN:
1-870393-61-9
Download:
NEGTAP 2001 Report (34 MB | PDF)
The full report is available as separate chapters from the NEGTAP website.