Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Annual Report 1998-1999

Sep 2, 2026

Annual Report 1998-1999 describes the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology’s response to major natural disasters, highlighting earthquakes, hurricanes, and major flooding worldwide and their environmental consequences. It outlines NERC’s strategic objectives and CEH leadership transitions, including the retirement of Professor Brian Wilkinson and the appointment of Professor Mike Roberts. The report summarizes scientific achievements, peer-reviewed outputs, commissioned research, collaboration with universities, and administration and funding information.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time40 min

AccessFree to download

CEH Mission

First Year Report of the CEH Advisory Committee

Director's Introduction

CEH Science Programme

Integrating Activities

Measuring Our Performance

Highlights from the Institutes

Finance

Staffing

Appendices

The Centre forEcology &Hydrology Annual Report1998-1999 FOREWORD One of the features of the past year has been the scale of natural disasters.Ona global scale,the news during the summer was dominated by immenseearthquakes in Turkey,Greece and,more latterly,Taiwan,with their resultingdestruction and loss of life.The hurricane season has begun with destructivehurricanes hitting the coasts of the Caribbean and SE USA.Massive floodinghas occurred in China,Mexico and Bangladesh,and at a more local scale in theUK we saw the sudden spring floods causing disruption and significant damageto property in various parts of the country. NERC,with its impressive knowledge in the natural environmental sciences,iscontributing to the study of such disasters and how we respond to them.Thisis exemplified in NERC's 1999 Strategic Plan,published during the summer,which sets out the Research Council's three strategic objectives for the nextfive years,namely: ◆ to enhance the excellence of the science base for the environment ◆ to focus NERC science on priority issues ◆ to put NERC science to work Sir John Krebs,who retired in September 1999,has led NERC for the last fiveyears.I am delighted to take over as Chief Executive and look forward toworking with the NERC Centres and Surveys and also the UK academiccommunity in developing and strengthening the UK capability in these excitingareas of science. As Chairman of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Science and Technology Boardfor the past few years,I am familiar with the work of the Centre for Ecologyand Hydrology.This has been a noteworthy year for CEH,with the Science andManagement Audit in the spring of 1999,the retirement of the first Director,Professor Brian Wilkinson,and the appointment of the new Director,ProfessorMike Roberts.I think that Brian Wilkinson did an excellent job in establishingCEH as a coherent and nationally-recognised organisation and in developing anintegrated science programme that delivers high quality science in a very cost-effective way.I am confident that Mike Roberts will build on this foundation andthat CEH will grow in strength and reputation over the coming years. Such changes can be disruptive,so l am delighted to see that CEH scientistsare contributing fully to the major environmental science challenges of the day.Output from CEH remains high,both in terms of peer-reviewed publicationsand of commissioned research.I am also pleased to see the level ofcollaboration between CEH scientists and universities,nationally andinternationally. This,the 1998/9 Annual Report of CEH,outlines some of the major changesthat have taken place during the year and presents some of the scientificachievements for the year,together with information on administration andfunding.I commend this report to you. Professor John Lawton Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council The Centre forEcology &Hydrology Annual Report 1998-1999 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL CNERC COPYRIGHT 1999 THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PRINTED ON 50%TOTALLY CHLORINE FREE /50%RECYCLED PAPERGROWN FROM A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE. | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CONTENTS CEH MISSION FIRST YEAR REPORT OF THE CEH ADVISORY COMMITTEEDIRECTOR's INTRODUCTIONCEH SCIENCE PROGRAMMEINTEGRATING ACTIVITIESMEASURING OUR PERFORMANCEHIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INSTITUTESFINANCESTAFFINGAPPENDICES COMPONENT INSTITUTES OF CEH ARE:INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOL0GY(IFE)INSTITUTE OF HYDROL0GY (IH)INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL ECOL0GY (ITE)INSTITUTE OF VIROL0GY&ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBI0L0GY (IVEM) 4 6 9 15 37 47 54 76 81 84 THE CEH MISSION…… To ADVANCE THE SCIENCES OF ECOLOGY,ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY(INCLUDING VIROL0GY)AND HYDROL0GY THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY ANDINTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED RESEARCH LEADING T0 A BETTERUNDERSTANDING AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL,CHEMICAL ANDBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES RELATING TO LAND AND FRESHWATER AND LIVINGORGANISMS WITHIN THESE ENVIRONME

FAQs

What environmental context is used to frame the CEH Annual Report 1998-1999?

The foreword highlights the scale of natural disasters, including major earthquakes, destructive hurricanes, and significant flooding across multiple countries, and emphasizes studying such disasters and response approaches.

Who were the key leadership figures mentioned for CEH during 1998-1999?

The report notes the retirement of Professor Brian Wilkinson, the appointment of Professor Mike Roberts as the new Director, and describes Sir John Krebs’ retirement and a transition to a new Chief Executive for NERC.

What does the CEH Mission focus on according to the report?

The mission aims to advance ecology, environmental microbiology, and hydrology through high-quality research, investigate past and future environmental changes via monitoring and modelling, and secure and expand relevant data to support conservation and sustainable development.

Sep 2, 2026

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