Harnessing data and digital technologies
We harness data and digital technologies to provide solutions to environmental challenges, and are a major custodian of environmental datasets. The long-term environmental data hosted by UKCEH inform policy-making, enable new discoveries, and drive research and innovation. We are committed to making the data we manage available for others to use.
NERC data centre
The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) holds nationally-important data sets for the terrestrial and freshwater sciences.
Data portals
Our data portals enable users to visualise and interrogate the diverse environmental datasets held by UKCEH.
Records centres
Our records centres host a wealth of environmental information, gathered over decades.
Monitoring programmes
Our long-term, large-scale monitoring programmes enable us to monitor the health of the environment and identify environmental change.
Information products
UKCEH has a long history of creating innovative information products. We take a flexible approach to licensing to meet the needs of commercial, non-commercial and academic customers.
Web-based apps
Our web-based apps and tools provide methods to search and evaluate different data or support decision-making relating to specific environmental challenges.
Software & models
National Vegetation Plot Database
The National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain (GBNVPD) acts as the centralised repository for vegetation plot data from Great Britain.