Webportal

Establish (and maintain) an innovative webportal (the Radioecology Exchange). Ahead of schedule an interim open access website (wiki) was created in time for the STAR project to be publicised at the International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity held in Hamilton, Canada in June 2011. Prior to this a protected access website (also a wiki) was created for STAR partners to exchange information. The open access website was upgraded in October 2011 and is continually developing as the project progresses

The Radioecology Exchange

The Radioecology Exchange (www.radioecology-exchange.org) was created in 2011 under the EU FP7 STAR (STrategy for Allied Radioecology, www.star-radioecology.org) Network of Excellence; (2011-2015). This project aims to integrate radioecological research efforts of European organisations into a sustainable network. In 2013, the EU FP7 COMET (COordination and iMplementation of a pan-European instrumenT for radioecology (2013- 2017); www.comet-radioecology.org) project commenced; COMET will build upon the work initiated under STAR. The Radioecology Exchange has therefore become the web resource for activities from both projects which will ultimately be maintained by the European Radioecology Alliance (ALLIANCE; www.er-alliance.org). The Radioecology Exchange is intended to become a ‘gateway’ for information related to European (and wider) radioecological research

WILDCOMS website

This website describes the activities of WILDCOMS and has two key features (i) a quarterly newsletter that includes a "spotlight" feature that provides a holistic overview of risks and threats posed by specific contaminants and disease. Topics featured in 2012-13 were "Wildlife and Zoonoses", "Emerging Hazards and Risks" "Rodenticides" and a "Summary of existing practices of the partner schemes in WILDCOMS". In 2013-14 they were “Mercury (Hg)”, “Monitoring activities in Scotland” and “Citizen Science”. (ii) news items relevant to surveillance monitoring for contaminants and disease. Approximately 400 national and international stakeholders receive alerts so that they can download the newsletters. The website varies in terms of numbers of hits but these can be as high as 600 per da

WILDCOMS website

Thsi website describes the activities of WILDCOMS and has two key features (i) a quarterly newsletter that includes a "spotlight" feature that provides a holistic overview of risks and threats posed by specific contaminants and disease. Topics featured in 2012-13 were "Wildlife and Zoonoses", "Emerging Hazards and Risks" "Rodenticides" and a "Summary of existing practices of the partner schemes in WILDCOMS". Over 300 national and international stakeholders receive alerts so that they can download the newsletters (ii) news items relevant to surveillance monitoring for contaminants and disease