Commissioned in September 2025 and published today, the study examines the economic impact of UKCEH’s activities during 2024, ...

New Official Statistics on insect pollinators have been published from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) during Insect Week 2026. The data collected every year across Great Britain (GB) ...

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 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 ...

“A memorable experience which captures the joy and beauty from observing wildlife alongside the knowledge of problems and loss in the environment.” Play the audio poetic narrative for the installation ...

The results from one of the longest ever woodland vegetation surveys are now available. The unprecedented 50-year dataset gives unparalleled insight into the major drivers of change in Britain’s ...

The AMBER project, funded by the Abrdn Charitable Foundation, will develop and trial cutting edge technology for monitoring biodiversity. The project will combine expertise from UKCEH and the Alan ...

Why is hedgerow management important? Hedgerows provide key semi-natural habitat and resources for wildlife in agricultural landscapes. Hedgerow management can substantially alter the condition of ...

Applications to the NC-UK 2026 Internship programme have now closed! Interviews took place in April and May 2026.

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 ...

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 ...

The environment in Wales supports significant economic sectors including agriculture, fisheries, tourism and forestry and is of importance to other policy areas including health and wellbeing, energy ...