英国自然环境研究理事会专注于从环境科学到整个星球交互作用系统的独立研究、调研、培训和知识传播。它的使命是收集和应用相关的知识，建立有关如何理解和预测自然环境行为的渠道，并积极地将其工作成效与他人沟通。

The Natural Environment Research Council delivers independent research, survey, training and knowledge transfer in the environmental sciences, to advance knowledge of planet Earth as a complex, interacting system.The mission is to gather and apply knowledge, create understanding and predict the behavior of the natural environment and its restheirces, and communicate all aspects of their work.