At the conclusion of the conference, a number of key messages emerged. These will be detailed in a forward-look paper, to be published in a special issue of Science of the Total Environment. The main messages are detailed here. Click on a link to explore a topic further. Within each page, there are links to selected abstracts.

1	Environmental data
2	Indicators of change
3	Using models
4	Global networks
5	Data on past environmental conditions
6	Early warning systems
7	Involving the public in monitoring
8	Better communication
		Summary of Key messages

DETECTING
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE

Science and Society

17-20 July 2001, London, UK

Incorporating the annual meeting
of the International Long-Term
Environmental Research Network
on Monday 16th July

Change is
one of the few
things in life
of which we can
be certain

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