State of Nature report - RSPB

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acknowledgements
The monitoring and research that underpins this report,
and our wider knowledge of the state of nature in the UK
and its Overseas Territories, is conducted by a wide variety
of organisations and thousands of individuals. We do not
have space here to recognise their contributions individually,
but take the opportunity to mention a few key partners.
We would like to thank the many conservationists and
scientists who have given their time and expertise to
contribute towards this report by providing data, analyses
and other information, and reviewing various drafts of State
of Nature. In particular, we wish to thank Anne Youngman,
Ben Darvill, Carol Williams, Claire Barnett, Dan Merrett,
Deborah Long, Fiona Hunter, Geoff Johnson, Ian Johnstone,
John Buckley, Kelly Gunnell, Kendrew Colhoun, Liat Wicks,
Mark Parsons, Martin Harper, Martin Warren, Matthew
Frost, Michael Jordan, Mike Edwards, Nick Phillips, Nicola
Hutchinson, Paul Lee, Paul Wilkinson, Peter Richardson, Philip
Briggs, Richard Fox, Richard Hearn, Sam Ellis, Steve Lucus,
Stuart Skeates, Tim Wilkins, Trevor Beebee and Trevor Dines.
Government agencies conduct or support much of the
recording, data collation, analysis and reporting of the
state of the UK’s wildlife that has made this report possible.
In particular, we note the efforts of the Joint Nature
Conservation Committee, Natural England, Natural Resources
Wales (formerly the Countryside Council for Wales), Northern
Ireland Environment Agency and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Other UK, national and local government bodies also do
much to support the recording of wildlife and habitats,
as do a wide variety of non-governmental organisations
not represented within the State of Nature partnership.
National governments and non-governmental bodies support
the monitoring of wildlife within the UKOTs
We would like to thank the many charitable trusts,
grant-giving bodies, companies and private individuals
that provide vital funding towards the monitoring of
wildlife in the UK.
Finally, we wish to thank the thousands of dedicated
volunteer recorders who collect much of the data upon
which our knowledge of the state of nature is based.
Many are supporters of the organisations within the
State of Nature partnership and contribute to organised
monitoring and recording schemes. Without their efforts,
our knowledge of the health of the UK’s nature would be
just a fraction of what it is. We hope we can continue
to work together with these volunteers to improve our
knowledge, and thus provide an increasingly robust basis
for informing future conservation efforts.
Common blue damselfly
Mark Eaton (RSPB)
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