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Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) Polli:Nation Survey
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Description:
Since 2007, OPAL's citizen scientists have collectively built a wealth of environmental data. To ensure that this rich source of information may continue to be used by researchers and the wider public, spreadsheets containing data for OPAL's core UK-wide surveys can be downloaded using the links on this page.
Polli:Nation Survey
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Developed and delivered in partnership with Learning through Landscapes, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, University of Stirling, TCV, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and the Field Studies Council, Polli:Nation was a Heritage Lottery-funded, UK-wide initiative supporting pupils from 260 schools to turn their school grounds and other local walk-to spaces into pollinator friendly habitats. To do this schools were encouraged to:
Survey their patch using the OPAL Polli:Nation Survey
Make improvements for pollinators on their patch
Use the Polli:Nation Survey to monitor habitats after making habitiat changes
In addition, the Polli:Nation Survey and associated resources were used by schools and other groups across the UK, engagement with which was facilitated by OPAL Community Scientists based at OPAL Partner organisations throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Developed as a cross-curricula secondary and primary school project, Polli:Nation gave pupils direct hands-on experiences, from creating vertical green walls and night-blooming flower beds to lobbying to change school maintenance regimes and debating pesticide use. Pupils learnt about the role pollinating insects play in ecosystem services, enabling them to contextualise this in the choices and actions they take.
Alongside creating a network of knowledgeable and enthused young activists, the ambition of this programme was to utilise school grounds to form local green corridors and ‘stepping stones’, enabling species to move between core areas, thereby contributing to the overall aim of the project to increase the numbers of pollinating insects in the UK.
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Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
- country
- county
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2007
End Date:
31 December 2019
Frequency:
STATIC
Provenance
Source:
Survey
Purpose:
Study
Access and Governance
Access
Access Rights:
Jurisdiction:
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Data Controller:
Imperial College London
Format and Standards
Languages:
ENGLISH
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue