Who has been involved with the Strategy so far?
JNCC has developed the Strategy through a series of workshops
during 2006-7 starting with examining the basic ideas with
Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England, and Scottish
Natural Heritage, and subsequently with Wildlife Link. Many
organisations have contributed to workshops on specific aspects of
the Strategy including the scientific rationale and the role of
vegetation schemes.
The Strategy draws on the UK Biodiversity
Research Advisory Group theme recommendations for ‘Monitoring of Biodiversity and Evaluation of
Actions'. The Biodiversity Reporting and Information
Group also provided input to the Strategy, which was presented to
the UK Biodiversity Partnership in April 2008; this is described in
Developing the Strategy.
How can you get involved?
The Strategy has produced its first review of
coverage and made recommendations on gaps, and has provided several
tools, aimed at organisations funding or leading surveillance
work. Feedback is critical to finding out the strengths and
weaknesses of these products, which will be revised to support the
decisions of investors and providers of surveillance, and as
drivers for surveillance change.
JNCC welcomes any feedback on the Strategy and
you can
.
JNCC is keen to offer advice and support in
the use of the tools if you plan to use them to help determine
information needs, or in scheme design, or reviews of programmes of
investment in surveillance, or individual schemes.
How the Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveillance
Strategy can help you
Why the Strategy does not cover marine
surveillance needs as well
How this Strategy fits into a European or wider
picture