The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is an independent, not-for-profit environmental research institute dedicated to understanding and transforming how society interacts with the natural world. With more than 600 researchers, the organisation delivers science, monitoring, and modelling that help address urgent environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
UKCEH conducts interdisciplinary research across water, land, and air systems, generating long-term environmental data and evidence-based insights that inform policy, business practice, and conservation strategies. Its work focuses on building resilience to environmental change, reducing pollution, and supporting sustainable ecosystems that benefit both people and nature.
Operating from multiple sites across the UK and internationally, the institute collaborates with governments, universities, industry, and communities to translate research into practical solutions. Through monitoring programmes, innovation, and knowledge exchange, UKCEH contributes to improved environmental governance and sustainable development outcomes at national and global scales.
