Countryside Survey 2000 has repeated and extended previous surveys undertaken at intervals over the last 20 years. It has provided measures of the current state of the countryside and indicators describing the changes which have taken place. CS2000 is a partnership between several Government Departments, Agencies and the Natural Environment Research Council (see Sponsors for links) in the form of a jointly funded research programme. As well as repeating previous measurements it has established new techniques and broken new ground in the integration of field-based and satellite observation of the earth's surface.

Countryside Survey 2000 has provided information necessary for reporting on biodiversity in the wider countryside, measuring progress towards sustainable development and detecting the impacts of human activities and global environmental change.

CS2000 is divided into a series of modules. For detailed information about each module, use the links below:

Field survey Module 1 Survey of broad habitats and landscape features Module 2 Survey of freshwater habitats Module 3 Survey of agricultural key habitats Module 4 Survey of uplands in England and Wales Module 5 Bird populations and Countryside change Module 6 Soil quality and pollution
Earth observation Module 7 Land Cover Map 2000 Module 8 Airborne scanner applications
Links Module 10 Environmental Change Network link Module 11 Northern Ireland Countryside Survey link
Delivery and other work Module 13 Scientific support and information management Module 14 Drivers of countryside change Module 16 Programme coordination and policy liaison