Since 1986, the University of Ulster has assessed changes in the type and extent of habitats with a field-based ecological research programme: the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey (NICS).
The aim is to understand how land use and the environment influence habitats and their biodiversity and how habitats change with time.
Our NICS 2007 report assesses habitat change between 1998 and 2007.
Broad habitat change 1998-2007