UK Biodiversity Indicator A2, Taking action for nature: volunteer time spent in conservation

This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator A2, Taking action for nature: volunteer time spent in conservation. The amount of time people spend volunteering to assist in conservation in part reflects society's interest in and commitment to biodiversity. The work undertaken by conservation volunteers includes: assisting with countryside management, carrying out surveys and inputting data, assisting with administrative tasks, and fundraising. Volunteer time is one way of assessing the level of public engagement with biodiversity. Volunteering for conservation charities is critical to the successful delivery of many of the objectives of the country biodiversity and environment strategies - for example, volunteers collect much of the data used for monitoring the status of species and also undertake practical work to manage threatened habitats. The indicator presents an index of the number of hours worked by volunteers for 13 UK conservation charities and public bodies Conservation volunteering includes any voluntary activity for an organisation or community undertaken to: further the understanding, protection or enjoyment of the natural environment, including wildlife recording and surveying; practical countryside management; providing education, training and guided walks; and administration or other office support. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator A2 the latest data are for 2014.本电子表格为生物多样性指标A2《为自然行动：自然保护志愿服务时长》的原始数据集。 民众参与自然保护志愿服务的时长，在一定程度上反映了社会对生物多样性的关注程度与投入力度。自然保护志愿者所开展的工作涵盖：乡村环境管护、调查与数据录入、行政协助以及筹款活动。 志愿服务时长是评估公众参与生物多样性事务程度的指标之一。为自然保护慈善机构提供志愿服务，对实现国家生物多样性与环境战略的诸多目标至关重要——例如，志愿者负责收集大部分用于监测物种种群现状的数据，并开展实地工作以管护受威胁的生境。 本指标展示了英国13家自然保护慈善机构与公共机构的志愿者服务总时长指数。自然保护志愿服务指为推动自然环境（包括野生动物记录与调查）的认知、保护与乐享而开展的各类组织或社区志愿活动，具体涵盖乡村环境实地管护、提供教育与培训及导赏徒步、行政或其他办公支援工作。 本指标为联合自然保护委员会（JNCC）代表环境、食品与农村事务部（Defra）发布的24项英国生物多样性指标系列之一，最新版本发布于2016年1月19日；其中指标A2的最新可用数据为2014年的统计结果。