Research Partners
ECN is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of UK government departments and agencies (see Sponsors). In some cases activities such as site-based monitoring, laboratory analyses and research are conducted by additional organisations, our Research Partners:
- ADAS
- ADAS is the UK’s largest independent provider of environmental consultancy, rural development services and policy advice.
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is the UK's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere, a part of the Natural Environment Research Council.
- Forest Research
- Forest Research is one of the world’s leading centres of research into woodlands and forestry.
- Marine Scotland: Science
- Marine Scotland: Science is a division of Marine Scotland, the directorate of Scottish Government (SG) responsible for marine and fisheries issues in Scotland.
- Rothamsted Research
- Rothamsted Research is the largest agricultural research centre in the United Kingdom and almost certainly the oldest agricultural research station in the world.
- Rothamsted Research, North Wyke
- Rothamsted Research is the largest agricultural research centre in the United Kingdom and almost certainly the oldest agricultural research station in the world.
- The James Hutton Institute
- The James Hutton Institute brings together the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI to combine existing strengths in crops, soils and land use and environmental research.
- UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network
- The United Kingdom Acid Waters Monitoring Network was established in 1988 to monitor the chemical and ecological impact of acid deposition in areas of the UK believed to be sensitive to acidification.


