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Program Management
The UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) was launched in 1992. Monitoring started formally in 1993 at terrestrial sites and 1994 at freshwater sites.
ECN agencies collect, store, analyze and interpret long-term data based on a set of key physical, chemical and biological variables which drive and respond to environmental change monitored at 12 terrestrial and 45 freshwater sites throughout the UK.
ECN is supported by a consortium of fourteen sponsoring organizations and eight research organizations.
The goal of the ECN data gathering is:
- To obtain comparable long-term datasets through the monitoring of a range of variables identified as being of major environmental importance.
- To provide for the integration and analysis of these data, so as to identify natural and man-induced environmental changes and improve understanding of the causes of change.
- To distinguish short-term fluctuations from long-term trends, and predict future changes.
- To provide, for research purposes, a range of representative sites with good instrumentation and reliable environmental information.
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Users
- Scientific researchers in public and private institutions
- Government agencies, regulators
- Environmental management
- Students
Contact Information
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre
Library Avenue
Bailrigg
Lancaster
LA1 4AP
Tel: 01524 595800
Fax: 01524 61536
E-mail: ecnccu@ceh.ac.uk
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