Collaborative and partnership working is integral to most of our biodiversity monitoring. Our terrestrial monitoring schemes are run in partnership with non-governmental organisations, statutory bodies and volunteers to collect long-term, national biodiversity data.
As well as collecting data in partnership, JNCC also collaborates with others to:
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- Share knowledge and best practice
- Develop our surveillance schemes
- Develop analyses for biodiversity data
- Terrestrial Surveillance Development and Analysis (TSDA)
- UK Terrestrial Evidence Partnership of Partnerships (UKTEPoP)
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in surveillance schemes
- Biological Records Centre
Share knowledge and best practice
JNCC co-ordinates the UK Terrestrial Evidence Partnership of Partnerships (UKTEPoP), which brings together all of our partners in terrestrial surveillance and monitoring, and other schemes and organisations with a major interest in biodiversity monitoring, to collaborate and share expertise.
Together, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) and JNCC support the Biological Records Centre, which provides assistance to numerous national recording schemes and societies, who collect and collate records of taxon groups of interest to them.
We work closely with a variety of organisations through the working groups of the UK Environmental Observation Framework, collaborating on a variety of topics relevant across the sector, such as citizen science, data, DNA, Earth observation calibration and validation, and natural capital.
Develop our surveillance schemes
Collaborative working across schemes includes promoting standards and improving the volunteer experience. The Terrestrial Surveillance Development and Analysis (TSDA) partnership works to identify and understand the challenges for, barriers to and interests of the UKTEPoP schemes, and co-designs practical solutions to these challenges.
We work with partners to explore the potential use and benefits of new technologies for biodiversity recording, for example exploring how new technologies might enable additional data collection of under-recorded taxa. These include DNA, passive acoustic monitoring, and Earth observation.
UKTEPoP supports schemes to evaluate and take action to improve their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Together, we are developing strategies and action plans to break down barriers to inclusion for underrepresented groups of volunteers.
We are also working collaboratively to enhance the evidence base relevant at a local and regional scale, working with the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme.
Develop analyses for biodiversity data
Developing and refining analyses of biodiversity data improves our understanding of biodiversity trends, and increases the value for money of the evidence. The Terrestrial Surveillance Development and Analysis (TSDA) partnership develops and trials new analytical approaches for analysing UKTEPoP scheme data, to help this data deliver for new requirements for evidence.
JNCC are also working in partnership on the Biodiversity Pathways. This project is building the foundations of a modelling framework capable of producing both near term forecasts of biodiversity change under target-seeking scenarios and long-term exploratory forecasts.
Terrestrial Surveillance Development and Analysis (TSDA)
This partnership project aims to develop and enhance volunteer recording schemes and use of their data to address policy-relevant questions about biodiversity.
UK Terrestrial Evidence Partnership of Partnerships (UKTEPoP)
A collaboration to share guidance and facilitate communication across partners supporting terrestrial biodiversity monitoring.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in surveillance schemes
Working collaboratively to encourage participation and inclusion in monitoring schemes.
Biological Records Centre
JNCC works in partnership with UKCEH to support the Biological Records Centre, which supports national recording schemes and societies.
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