Membership Criteria


These are the main criteria for application to become an official LTER-Europe or ILTER member:
  • Recognition by a government body or other institutional entity acting at the national level;
  • Existence of a national committee or other management structure;
  • A set of sites or proposed sites with criteria for selection of new sites;
  • A statement of collective purpose that might include defined research or monitoring themes;
  • A data management and accessibility policy including a commitment to share and exchange data and knowledge with other members of LTER-Europe;
  • Evidence for long-term stability of the programme;
  • A commitment to supply information about its sites and procedures as may be reasonably requested by the LTER-Europe Committees or its officers.
More information can be found on Criteria for LTSER sites selection