Prepare to respond and report
PREPARE TO RESPOND AND REPORT
Responding to nature-related risks and opportunities and reporting on material nature-related issues requires trusted systems to capture relevant data. UKCEH expert equipment and services can help you monitor and benchmark your performance.
Our environmental monitoring solutions include:
Web-based solutions for habitat monitoring
Advanced equipment for environmental monitoring
UKCEH brings together the scientific capabilities and data necessary to understand the status of species populations, and links between biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, delivering solutions for conserving and restoring biodiversity.
Our E-Surveyor mobile app is a solution that helps farmers and landowners to assess the quality of habitats they manage. Using AI to assist with identification of plant species, the app enables users to learn which pollinators and other insects are associated with the plants in different habitats, undertake structured surveys, and compare observations with established checklists.
The app can also be used to:
Establish natural capital baselines;
Set and monitor performance against targets.
UKCEH scientists have developed advanced research equipment which can be used for monitoring and reporting on nature-related metrics. Here are a couple of examples.
Understanding trends in species and their drivers is key to knowing the magnitude of the challenge, its underlying causes, and how these factors vary across space and time. Effective species monitoring requires robust methods that minimise bias and maximise the quantity and quality of data collected. Combining robust lighting for attracting insects with high resolution cameras, the UKCEH Automated Monitoring of Insects (AMI) System offers practical and cost-effective solutions for standardised monitoring.
The AMI System combines computer vision and an autonomous imaging system to capture images of moths in the field, locate them in the image, and classify them to species. Work is underway to add audio and ultrasound recording, which will increase the taxonomic coverage of the System to include birds, bats and other insects. Further developments planned include edge processing for images to be analysed on the device and built-in pollinator monitoring to give 24-hour monitoring of flying insects.
Interested in testing the System? Contact us at ami-trap@ceh.ac.uk
More about the AMI >
UKCEH air sampler systems can be used to monitor concentration levels of selected non-GHG atmospheric pollutants.
The UKCEH ALPHA® sampler is designed for the measurement of the concentration of ammonia (NH3) in air. It has been used for over 10 years on the UK national ammonia monitoring network and designed for ecosystem impact assessment studies.
The UKCEH DELTA® system is a low-volume denuder air sampling method for long-term sampling of ammonia and ammonium in the atmosphere. The system can also be extended to sample acid gases (NH3, HNO3, HCl, SO2) and aerosols (NH4+, NO3-, SO42-, Cl-, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+).
More about the air sampler systems >
