Sponsors
ECN is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of UK government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. Our sponsors are:
- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
- A leading provider of scientific research and services to government, non-governmental and commercial organisations.
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- The UK's leading funding agency for academic research and training in the non-clinical life sciences
- Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru - Countryside Council for Wales
- The Welsh Government's statutory advisor on sustaining natural beauty, wildlife and the opportunity for outdoor enjoyment in Wales
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory
- A government defence research laboratory which manages the ECN site at Porton Down in Wiltshire
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- The UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs
- Environment Agency
- An public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment, and to promote sustainable development in England & Wales
- Forestry Commission
- The Forestry Comission's mission is to protect and expand Britain's forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment.
- Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government
- The devolved Government for Wales, working to help improve the lives of people in Wales and make Wales a better place in which to live and work.
- Natural England
- A public body whose purpose is to protect and improve England’s natural environment and encourage people to enjoy and get involved in their surroundings
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Funds world-class science in universities and it's own research centres that increases knowledge and understanding of the natural world
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency
- Aims is to protect, conserve and promote the natural environment and built heritage for the benefit of present and future generations
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scotland’s environmental regulator, whose main role is to protect and improve the environment
- Scottish Government
- The devolved government for Scotland
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- The statutory conservation agency for Scotland
