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Bombus dahlbomii Credit: Eduardo Zattara
Multinational project supports pollinators in Latin America
Striped eel catfish Picture: Tim Sheerman-Chase CC by 2.0
Invasive alien species threaten biodiversity and health in Mediterranean
Red deer in Swiss National Park Picture: Hansueli Krapf CC-BY-SA-3.0
‘Rewilding must enable ecosystems to become self-sustaining’
Dr Gloria Dos Santos Pereira, Dr Andy Stott and Helen Grant at the isotope laboratory at CEH Lancaster
New UK isotope research service is created

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Helen Roy working with other biodiversity experts in St Helena
CEH ecologist is honoured to help lead global study into invasive alien species
Cyclists competing during rain
CEH scientists receive Innovation Award for system forecasting surface water flooding and impact
St Helena
Urgent action is needed to protect the natural world
Tractor spraying insecticide
ChemPop: What are the impacts of chemicals on wildlife populations?
Scots pines at Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve ©Lorne Gill SNH
Protection of unique forest is a big step for UK biodiversity
Covers of two reports from the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme
30 years of the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme
Landscape-scale species monitoring of agri-environment schemes
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology carries out a variety of long-term environmental monitoring, including air quality
UK-SCAPE: UK Status, Change and Projections of the Environment
Map showing Shivamogga (formerly Shimoga) district of India
Mapping Monkey Fever Risk
Coconut crab on Diego Garcia. Photo c. W Rabitsch
Predictions and priorities to prevent new invasive non-native species arrivals

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Environmental Change Network
Environmental Change Network
Biological Records Centre (BRC)
Biological Records Centre (BRC)
Environmental Information Platform
Environmental Information Platform
Environmental datasets
Environmental datasets
NRFA
NRFA
Land cover map
Land cover map
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Strengthening Thailand's Agricultural drought Resilience (STAR)
Polar ice
Understanding the Pathways to and Impacts of 1.5C Rise in Global Temperature
Smallholding farmer in India
SUNRISE
Air Pollution and Human Health in Developing Megacities

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Helen Roy working with other biodiversity experts in St Helena
CEH ecologist is honoured to help lead global study into invasive alien species
Cyclists competing during rain
CEH scientists receive Innovation Award for system forecasting surface water flooding and impact
St Helena
Urgent action is needed to protect the natural world
Scots pines at Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve ©Lorne Gill SNH
Protection of unique forest is a big step for UK biodiversity