Inclusion of biological records and related information in local decision making

摘要

For over a decade, the North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre (NEYEDC) has been collecting, collating, analysing and disseminating environmental data. The Centre achieved the Defra-recognised Association of Local Environmental Record Centres(ALERC) accreditation in 2013.One of our main functions is to ensure that the best possible biodiversity data are considered when local decisions that may adversely affect species or habitats are made. Key sources of this evidence base are amateur naturalists, providing both recordsand expertise. The intellectual copyright of all biological records is retained by the original observer.