We provide national scale monitoring of...
Biodiversity, through citizen science and field surveys, to assess the status of thousands of wildlife species. This will be supported by a UK virtual Environmental Specimen Bank to facilitate rapid discovery of archived biological specimens.
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Biological Records Centre (BRC)
The Biological Records Centre (BRC) is a national focus in the UK for terrestrial and freshwater species recording.
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Cumbrian Lakes monitoring platform
Long-term and high-resolution monitoring to understand lake ecosystem responses to environmental change, over multiple time scales.
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eDNA
Development, application and evaluation of DNA sampling techniques to characterise terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.
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GB Non-native Species Information Portal
First published in 2008 and updated in 2015 the GB Invasive Non-native Species Strategy was developed to meet the challenge posed by invasive non-native species in Great Britain.
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Isle of May Long-Term Study (IMLOTS)
Long-term monitoring of seabird breeding on the Isle of May on Scotland’s east coast.
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Loch Leven
Fieldwork, laboratory analyses and data management to maintain the frequent and long-term monitoring of chemical, physical and biological characteristics of Loch Leven and its catchment.
National Fish Tissue Archive
Have things improved for freshwater wildlife in British waters?
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National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS)
A habitat-based plant monitoring scheme carried out by volunteer surveyors nationwide.
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Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS)
Long-term national monitoring and assessment of the risks to vertebrate wildlife from environmental contaminants.
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UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
A national monitoring scheme to assess the status and trends of UK butterfly populations.
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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
Two large scale surveys to help us better understand the status and trends of pollinating insects across the UK.
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The virtual UK-Environmental Specimen Bank catalogue (UK-vESB)
Our aim is to enable researchers and specimen holders to share resources and ‘advertise’ holdings, protocols and best practice.