The Scottish Government

Links to websites other than the Scottish Government

• Countryside Survey 2000 (CS 2000)
  CS 2000 is a major audit of the British countryside. It has involved both detailed field observations and satellite imagery which has provided a complete land cover census for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Separate data is available for Scotland.
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - Regional Energy Consumption Statistics
  Links to a variety of regional energy consumption datasets.
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Digest of Environmental Statistics
  Contains a wide variety of environment statistics, mainly for UK, GB or England and Wales, but also includes some detailed Scottish data.
• Environmental Change Network (ECN)
  The ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is designed to collect, store, analyse and interpret long-term data based on a set of key physical, chemical and biological variables which drive and respond to environmental change at a range of terrestrial and freshwater sites across the UK.
• Fisheries Research Services
  Includes information on fish and shellfish stocks, the aquatic environment and the ocean climate.
• Forestry Commission
  The Forestry Commission compiles and publishes statistics on forestry, including information about Britain's woodlands and the primary processing of British timber.
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee ( JNCC)
  The JNCC is the Government's wildlife advisor, undertaking national and international conservation work on behalf of the three country nature conservation agencies, SNH, English Nature and The Countryside Council for Wales.
• Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
  The site contains information on Scottish land use and environmental economics.
• Meteorological Office
  Contains climate data for selected stations in Scotland and averages for the period 1961-1990 and 1971-2000. Also monthly data for three regions, East, West and North since 1998.
• National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory ( NAEI)
  The NAEI compiles estimates of emissions to the atmosphere from UK sources such as cars, trucks, power stations and industrial plants. See Reports section for Atmospheric Emissions Reports.
• National Biodiversity Network
  The National Biodiversity Network allows you to view distribution maps and download UK wildlife data by using a variety of interactive tools.
• National Statistics
  UK Official statistics site. Environment statistics are located under the Natural and Built Environment Theme. Provides details of all main publications (some of which are held electronically) and via Statbase to selected data tables.
• Natural Environmental Research Council ( NERC) Environmental Data
  Provides links to NERC Data Centres and the NERC Metadata catalogue.
• Pesticide Usage Statistics
  Data for 1990 onwards from the programme of pesticide usage surveys. Data is collected by the Pesticide Usage Survey Teams at the Central Science Laboratory and the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency.
• Scottish Environment Link (LINK)
  LINK is the liaison body for Scotland's voluntary sector environmental organisations. The site provides contact details and links to members' organisations.
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
  SEPA's site contains a wealth of environmental data for Scotland. See in particular the section Environmental Data. Waste Data is located under, Initiatives - National Waste Strategy.
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
  This site provides information on 'Natural Heritage Trends', an environmental audit launched in April 2004 to assess status, identify trends and explain the main factors influencing change. The SNH website also includes detailed information on the location of designated sites in Scotland both as lists of locations and GIS boundaries.
• Sources of Environmental Statistics
  Provides links to Scottish, UK, European and International statistics on the environment.
• The Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC)
  The SOC provides details of bird surveys being undertaken in Scotland.
• United Kingdom Environmental Data Index (UKEDI)
  The UKEDI is a searchable Environmental data index maintained by the Environmental Information Centre, which is the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology's Designated Data Centre responsible for the secure, long term management of Terrestrial and Freshwater data sets.
• UK National Air Quality Information Archive
  Contains detailed information on concentrations of various pollutants at all automatic monitoring sites in Scotland together with emissions for the UK, including maps showing emissions and concentrations for 1 km squares. Also data on greenhouse gas emissions for Scotland and information on air quality monitoring networks.