Partnerships
Surveillance is a long term
activity and in many cases multiple organisations, voluntary and
public sector, share objectives and build partnerships to
provide the stablility and pooling of resources to undertake
surveillance. JNCC is a member of several long term
surveillance partnerships and these are acknolwedged below.
Birds
BTO/JNCC
Partnership: a long-standing partnership that covers eight
different programmes of surveillance, monitoring and
research. Much of the surveillance and monitoring data come
from volunteer birdwatchers. An overview of the partnership
and its outputs is provided in the
Annual Report.
Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
Partnership: a long-standing partnership between the BTO,
WWT, RSPB and JNCC to monitor all non-breeding waterbirds in the UK
and provide the principal data on which the conservation of their
populations and wetland habitats is based. Most WeBS data are
collected by volunteers.
WeBS is
organised by the BTO on behalf of the partners.
Breeding Bird Survey (BBS)
Partnership: established in 1994, the BBS is a partnership
between the BTO, JNCC and the RSPB. The primary aim of BBS is to
provide population trends for common and widespread birds in the
UK. Most BBS data are collected by volunteers.
BBS is organised by the
BTO on behalf of the partners.
Statutory Conservation
Agencies/RSPB Annual Breeding Bird Scheme (SCARABBS)
Agreement: a long-standing agreement between SNH, EN, CCW,
EHS, JNCC and the RSPB to provide annual or periodic national
surveys of breeding birds not monitored by other schemes in the
UK. Surveys may also be funded by other organisations, such
as BTO. SCARABBS is organised by RSPB on behalf of partners
and data are collected by both professionals and volunteers.
Rare Breeding Birds Panel
(RBBP) Agreement: created in 1972 to gather records
of the rarest breeding birds, curate these data and ensure their
appropriate availability for conservation purposes. RBBP is
funded by a partnership of RSPB, BTO, and JNCC, and relies on a
broader partnership with county bird clubs and specialist study
groups. The work of the
RBBP is supported by a
Secretary.
Goose and Swan Monitoring
Programme (GSMP): a partnership between WWT and JNCC to
monitor geese and swans in the UK during the non-breeding
season. Data are collected mainly by volunteers.
GSMP
is organised by WWT on behalf of WWT and JNCC.
Predatory Bird Monitoring
Scheme (PBMS): a partnership between JNCC, Environment
Agency and CEH to monitor pollutants in selected wildlife species
in Britain. Samples are collected mainly by volunteers.
The scheme is run by the
CEH on behalf of the funding partners.
Seabird Monitoring Programme
(SMP): a partnership between JNCC, RSPB, Natural England,
SNH, CCW, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the Shetland Oil
Terminal Environmental Advisory Group (SOTEAG), Centre for Ecology
and Hydrology (CEH), the Seabird Group, BTO and in the Republic of
Ireland: National Parks and Wildlife Service (Dept of Environment,
Heritage and Local Government, Republic of Ireland) and BirdWatch
Ireland, to monitor breeding seabirds at UK colonies.
Data are collected by professional staff and volunteers from a
number of contributing organisations and specialist groups.
The programme is organised by
JNCC on behalf of the funding
partners.
The Tracking Mammals Partnership
JNCC is a member of The Tracking Mammals
Partnership, a collaborative initiative involving 25
organisations with a variety of
interests in UK mammals, which aims to improve the
quality, quantity and dissemination of information on the status of
mammal species in the UK.