Module 11 links to the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey

Co-ordination between Countryside Survey 2000 and the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey with the aim of a UK report to common standards.

A Northern Ireland Countryside survey was first carried out in stages between 1986 and 1991 by the University of Coleraine. Environment and Heritage Service Northern Ireland are funding a repeat survey to be carried out in parallel with CS2000 in 1998.

The Northern Ireland Countryside Survey Link project has been initiated to co-ordinate linking the two programmes of work with the intention of producing a UK report to common standards. The project will provide UK statistics on widespread habitats, linear landscape features, land cover and vegetation.

To find out more about the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey contact Alan Cooper (E-mail: a.cooper@ulst.ac.uk)

See also newsletter issue 3, page 5.

Northern Ireland data are available within Countryside Information System version 6.