We are pleased to announce that, as of 1 December 2019, we are now an independent research institute. Following final approval in September, we have become autonomous from UK Research and Innovation ...

The City Explorer Toolkit (CET) is an interactive web-based tool, which helps planners to understand where best to create urban green spaces such as parks and blue spaces such as ponds, to ensure that ...

CuBioM, the Copper Bioavailability Modelling tool, was developed by UKCEH for the International Copper Association (ICA). It is designed to assist the Risk Assessment of copper in the freshwater ...

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The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration to 2030 recognises that ecosystem degradation undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people. The resultant loss of species and ecosystem services across the ...

Invasive non-native species (INNS, sometimes known as invasive alien species) are organisms introduced by human beings into areas outside their native range, where they then threaten biodiversity, ...

The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is part of the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Environmental Data Service and is hosted by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).

The Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) and the earlier Flood Studies Report (FSR) are a set of methods and associated data to enable recognised standard national methods for rainfall and flood estimation ...

Butterflies are well placed among British terrestrial insect and other invertebrate groups to act as indicators of the state of the environment. They are highly sensitive to environmental conditions ...

Agri-environment schemes (AES) are the most significant mechanism to deliver environmental policy in many countries. Previous studies of AES have found mixed evidence for effects on biodiversity, and ...

The course was originally delivered online over 3 sessions that took place between November 2021 – January 2022. The total learning time was approximately 21 hours Cost: Free to participants from ...

The National Capability for UK Challenges (NC-UK) programme is transforming how the UK understands and manages its land, air, and freshwater environments—delivering the data, tools, and partnerships ...