Welcome To NEYEDC
The North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre (NEYEDC) is the operating name of the North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Trust.
The aim of NEYEDC is to improve and inform environmental planning and stewardship in north and East Yorkshire through the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity information.
NEYEDC covers the administrative areas of North and East Yorkshire, including the unitary authorities of York and Hull, and the two national parks, as shown below.
NEYEDC geographical coverage © North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre
Office location
NEYEDC is based within the offices of the St Williams Foundation in the historic St. Williams College. The College is a listed medieval timber frame building, situated close to the world famous Minster church in the beautiful City of York.
St. William's College, York
The story so far...
1992 The seed of an idea
The idea of developing an ecological data centre for the North and East Yorkshire region has been around since the early 1990's when the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust promoted the concept.
It was not until the mid-1990s when further impetus for the idea came from English Nature, North Yorkshire County Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, North York Moors National Park, Environment Agency and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, who came together to form a steering group.
1995 The idea comes together
In 1995 the steering group, through English Nature, commissioned a feasibility study to examine the possibility of establishing an ecological data centre for the area.
The study, based on extensive market research amongst the potential data providers and users, was carried out by the Somerset Environmental Records Centre. This concluded that the project was feasible and that an independent body should be established to develop and run a centre.
1999 The Centre is born
Subsequent work by the Steering Group focused on establishing and funding of an appropriate organisation.
The resultant organisation was the North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Trust (NEYEDT), a registered charity. The North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre (NEYEDC) forms the operating function of NEYEDT.
Our Mission
The mission of NEYEDC is to improve and inform environmental planning and stewardship in north and east Yorkshire through the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity information.
In pursuit of this mission, the NEYEDT has established the following aims, as set out in its Deed of Trust, the Charity's governing document.
EDUCATION
To advance the education of the public by producing a
database of ecological information in North and East Yorkshire.
RESEARCH
To facilitate the study and research of ecological matters by
the supply of such information.
FUNDING
To raise funds of a capital nature from local authorities,
government bodies, companies, partnerships, sole traders and individuals to
enable the aims below written to be undertaken..
DATA MANAGEMENT
To gather, collect and assemble data of an ecological, biological, geographical or geological nature and record the same in records, archives on computers or otherwise and to employ persons to effect this purpose.
DATA DISSEMINATION
To make such records, archives and computerised records available to interested parties by way of examination, copy or print with or without charge.
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