Evidence Register
This register gives an overview of Natural England’s current evidence programme. This version was published in December 2011 and covers our programme of work for 2011/2012. The next edition will be published once our evidence programme for 2012/2013 has been agreed.
Our portfolio of evidence and research continues to evolve as we complete work and respond to changing needs and circumstances. For further information about our evidence strategy and how we identify our evidence needs see Research and evidence. The Evidence Register includes details of projects across a wide range of work areas and programmes. These can be viewed by project type or by programme. You can also download a PDF file. Projects that form part of a programme will appear under the programme and under the type.
Evidence projects by type
Monitoring projects: our monitoring projects help gather evidence on the state of the natural environment and the way that people engage with it; the impact of interventions on the natural environment and how we shape our future interventions to secure the best impact.
Research projects : our research generates evidence related to our outcomes, or develops and designs approaches to improve our evidence gathering. With limited funding available for research, we must ensure that we target it at our priority evidence needs, working in partnerships and supporting academic research including PhDs. We support PhDs both for the intrinsic value of the work itself and for the opportunities they provide to help develop the next generation of scientists: PhD projects with Natural England funding.
Evaluation projects: these projects use information from both monitoring and research to determine the significance and usefulness of our evidence work.
All current evidence projects: (504kb)
(pdf doc)
Evidence-based programmes
- Species Recovery Programme: through this programme we work with a range of partners to help conserve, and reverse the declines of, some of our most threatened wildlife.
National Nature Reserves Programme: this lists some of the nationally important research and monitoring projects being undertaken on our nature reserves to improve the management of the reserves and to increase our understanding of the natural environment.
Environmental Stewardship Programmes: The Environmental Stewardship Evidence Programme is managed by Defra and Natural England to evaluate scheme delivery, inform scheme development and fulfil reporting requirements.
Marine Programme : Our core marine programme focuses on designating, monitoring and managing Marine Protected Areas, as well as delivering our work on wider marine biodiversity.
Integrated Site Assessment Programme: an integrated programme to monitor the condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest and the success of Higher Level Stewardship agreements.
Published evidence
Published evidence: this provides links to some of our evidence that has been published online. For further information on Natural England's evidence base see our Publications and products catalogue
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