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Site sponsored by the Welsh Government; provides past and present information and data relating to different types of land usage, livestock numbers and agricultural labour at a local level.

The publication hub of the ONS website serves as a gateway to national statistics and information on different themes. The Agriculture and Environment theme brings together information and statistics from across the UK about the agriculture, natural environment, fishing, food and forestry sectors.

Site hosted by defra. Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) is an executive agency working on behalf of the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), Scottish Government and Welsh Government.

Site sponsored by JNCC, provides information on the UK Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) of the last 20 years (1992-2012).

Site sponsored by Defra, “use it to find out where practical action is in place to benefit important habitats and species as well as generate summaries of the data. It also offers an efficient way for you to contribute information about your own biodiversity actions.”

BIS was the first Local Record Centre in Wales and was established in 2000 covering the counties of Breconshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire. It was one of 3 pilot record centres in the UK, (the others being in Cheshire and Northeast Scotland), funded by the partners and the Esmee Fairburn Trust through Wildlife Trusts UK. These pilot record centres were set up as 'nodes of the National

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“On this site you can find out about the work of the Wales Biodiversity Partnership including: national and local actions and objectives; biodiversity-related news and events; and how you can help biodiversity.”

British Geological Survey (BGS) home page.

The Canal & River Trust is here so you have a place to escape. A place where you can step off the pavement, onto the towpath and breathe. We are a charity, and we are entrusted to care for 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales.

The Trust’s Open Data site provides access to some of our core data and maps. Please note some data is subject to INSPIRE end user licence.

Cefas is an executive agency of Defra. Cefas - the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science - makes an important contribution to securing healthy and sustainable marine and freshwater environments so that current and future generations can prosper. Site includes, information, data, publications, news and details of Cefas services.

Site sponsored by the University of Edinburgh, provides information and data relating to the COBWEB project.

Cofnod is one of four Local Records Centres (LRCs) in Wales and forms part of the first national network of LRCs anywhere in the UK. Our name, which means 'a record' in Welsh, was chosen to reflect the importance of observing and recording wildlife, with the creation of a record being the starting point for all the data we hold. Our task is to bring together all these individual records into a ...More

National interactive Flood Map for England, hosted by the Environment Agency.

The ECN the UK's long-term, integrated environmental monitoring and research programme. It consists of a network of monitoring sites where they collect, analyse and interpret a wide range of long-term data. This include physical, chemical and biological datasets that are a unique national resource that is improving our understanding of how and why environments change.

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European Commission (EC) home page.

The European nature information system, EUNIS, brings together European data from several databases and organisations into three interlinked modules on sites, species and habitat types.

Website hosted by the European Commission. This European Soil Portal is an integral part of the European Soil Data Centre, which is one of the ten environmental data centres in Europe and is the focal point for soil data at European level. This European Soil Portal contributes to a thematic data infrastructure for soils in Europe. It presents data and information regarding soils at European

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Site hosted by the Forestry Commission, provides information relating to forestry research across the UK.

Site sponsored by the Welsh Government; provides information relating to the Glastir Agri-environment scheme.

The Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) has been commissioned by the Welsh Government to assess the performance of Glastir. GMEP was launched at the same time as the Glastir scheme. This provides fast policy feedback allowing for the scheme to be modified to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Click the links below to find out more about the work GMEP is undertaking within the

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The Institute of Chartered Foresters home page.

The Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Portal was launched as part of the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas Wales in November 2018.

An invasive alien species (also known as an invasive non-native species) is any non-native animal or plant that has the ability to spread causing damage to the environment, the economy, our health and the way we live.  The INNS Portal includes over 300

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A website summarising the main habitat mapping products that are collated and produced by JNCC in collaboration with the inshore statutory nature conservation bodies (Natural England, Department of Environment Northern Ireland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Natural Resources Wales).

Website statement: "Keep Wales Tidy considers that a "clean and tidy Wales" can be primarily achieved by changing peoples attitudes so that they do not engage in activities that have a negative impact on their local environments. A number of activities impact on the quality of the local environment and Keep Wales Tidy will initially concentrate on tackling the issues of litter, flytipping and dog

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Information about flooding and other environmental alerts from NRW.

LWEC home page provides information relating to the 10 year partnership.

Local Record Centres (LRC) Wales home page

Oceannet is the domain name used for the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN). The homepage provides information on MEDIN as a partnership of organisations who are ‘working together to improve access to and stewardship of marine data’. The user of the website can find links on how to discover marine data, how to submit and create marine metadata, how to get data

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HM Marine Management Organisation home page.

myForest is a free service for woodland owners, forestry businesses and wood users. Use online tools for sustainable woodland management planning and the marketing of home-grown forest products.

Sponsored by Defra, NAEI home page; provides information on the various sections of the UK national atmospheric emissions inventory.

The National Biodiversity Network is a collaborative partnership created to exchange biodiversity information and involves many UK wildlife conservation organisations, government, country agencies, environmental agencies, local environmental records centres and many voluntary groups.

RANDD – Site sponsored by defra, provides information and data related to defra funded projects on natural and social sciences.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is the organisation responsible for the work carried out by the three former organisations, the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency Wales and Forestry Commission Wales.  It is also responsible for some functions previously undertaken by Welsh Government.

NRWs purpose is to  pursue sustainable management of natural resources

NRW work for the

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ONS home page; provides information and “data on the economy, population and society at national and local level. Summaries and detailed data releases are published free of charge”.

Research Councils UK (RCUK) home page, the stategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils.

We publish the information about river levels so people living in flood risk areas are better informed and can decide what actions to take as the water levels change. Anglers and boaters will also be able to use this information to check the water levels before they set off.

This service should not be used as a replacement for the Flood Warning service.

Site sponsored by the Welsh Government; provides information relating to the Rural Development Plan (2014 – 2020).

The Sentinels Scientific Data Hub provides complete, free and open access to Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 user products, starting from the In-Orbit Commissioning Review (IOCR).

South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC) is the centre for the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity data for South East Wales. Our aim is to make appropriate local biodiversity information available to all those who need it, to help ensure that decisions which affect local biodiversity are made using best available data.

FERA's role is about understanding problems and enabling sustainable solutions through innovative thinking and the gathering and analysis of robust scientific evidence. This gives us the right platform to be able to support our customers in both the strategic and day-to-day decisions they face.

MarLIN provides information to support marine conservation, management and planning. Resources are based on available scientific evidence and designed for all stakeholders, from government agencies and industry to naturalists and the public. MarLIN hosts the largest review of the effects of human activities and natural events on marine species and habitats.

Formed in 2009, ALERC is an association between Local Environmental Records Centres (LRCs) in Great Britain. The Association aims to provide a central voice for the views and concerns of the Records Centre community, whilst building a support-based network of knowledge and advice to meet the needs of its members.

Sponsored by the Met Office, UKCP home page; provides information on and links to the latest UK climate projections.

The UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF) works to improve coordination of the observational evidence needed to understand and manage the changing natural environment.

The Planning Portal is the UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales.

Website hosted by the British Geological Survey. The UK Soil Observatory (UKSO) provides a unified starting point for accessing UK soils data and underpinning research, with the specific objective of providing these data for free where possible. Such access to fully described datasets will allow users to access information for novel research, for public and private decision making and for general

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Wales’ Action Plan for Pollinators. The Pollinators Taskforce brings together key stakeholders from the public, private and voluntary sectors to deliver the objectives of the Action Plan for Pollinators. A Pollinators Resource list is included on the site.

Sponsored by Cardiff University, WRO home page; provides information and research publications on social, economic and environmental issues in rural Wales.

Waste and Respurces Action Programme (WRAP) Cynru home page. Website statement: "We work with businesses and individuals to help them reap the benefits of reducing waste, develop sustainable products and use resources in an efficient way. Established as a not-for-profit company in 2000, WRAP is backed by government funding from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales."