The UK Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveillance Strategy

 

The UK Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveillance Strategy has been developed by JNCC to help the funders of surveillance to ensure there is sufficient surveillance in place to meet three objectives, and to help all who plan surveillance activities or use results from surveillance schemes.  The Surveillance Strategy consists of a series of tools and analyses, outlined below.  

 

Tools to help plan surveillance

 

Analysis of need and coverage

The Surveillance Framework Document presents the following analysis of surveillance need and coverage:

  • Analysis of the surveillance requirements of different drivers of surveillance, for example, air pollution, climate change, the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, and Habitats Directive.
  • Assessment of the surveillance currently in place to provide information to meet these surveillance requirements.
  • Assessments of the gaps and overlaps in surveillance coverage.

 

We are continuing to expand the assessments carried out and tools available within the Surveillance Strategy. An overview of the strategy is contained in the Surveillance Strategy (February 2009 version) (PDF, 154 kb), but please note this document is no longer being kept updated - further improvements to the strategy will be added to this website.

 

Please  with feedback of how the strategy could be improved to better meet your needs.

 

Find out more about:

Why a strategy is needed?

How the strategy is being used and how it can help you

The development of the Surveillance Strategy

How this strategy fits into a European or wider picture

Why the strategy does not cover marine surveillance needs as well