Blogs

The Covid-19 crisis has had an enormous impact on the world.  It has exposed our vulnerabilities and how deeply connected (or disconnected) we are with nature.  It has highlighted just how…

Today SBIF reached another milestone in that our ‘SBIF Review Investment Programme Proposal’ has just been formally submitted to Scottish Government for their consideration. This…

Written by Katie Utting, The Otter Trust Sir John Lawton set the scene for the NBN Conference 2019, with an empirical illustration of the progressive…

Written by Dr Adrian Cooper Felixstowe’s Citizen Science Group was created by members of Felixstowe’s Community Nature Reserve in April 2018. Early in 2019, members…

The State of Nature report 2019 gives us a robust assessment of the UK’s wildlife and highlights its continued decline. This can only be done…

Blog written by Rachel Tierney, SBIF Development Officer. Following Scotland’s call for a sustainable biodiversity data network, great energy went into working with stakeholders across…

Blog written by Jonathan Willet, BRISC Committee member. It might surprise you to know that Lourdes has played a part in the creation of SBIF.…

Blog written by Guy Harewood, Sustainable Development Officer at Stirling Council. First up, the formal introduction with the usual quotes from legislation and Government guidance…

Blog written by David Roy, Head of BRC and Martin Harvey, Technical Liaison, Biological Records Centre. Over 350 years ago, the ‘father of natural history’…

Blog written by Rachel Tierney, SBIF Development Officer. SBIF Review shortlisted for CIEEM Awards We are delighted to announce that the SBIF Review has been…

Blog written by Rachel Tierney, SBIF Development Officer for Fight for Scotland’s Nature,   Over 25 million biological records have been collected in Scotland, describing the…

Blog written by Andy Ford, Head of Conservation, Cairngorms National Park. Before I get stuck into what the SBIF Review might mean for the Cairngorms…

Blog written by Dr Joanne Porter, Associate Professor, Heriot Watt University. I have been a user of biological data from the marine environment since my…

Blog written by Glenn Roberts, North East Scotland Biological Records Centre Co-ordinator. The outcome of the SBIF Review is very important for Scotland’s biodiversity. There…

Blog written by Laura Turner, a Biology Masters student at the University of Sheffield. Meeting the people protecting our wildlife: The National Biodiversity Network conference…

Blog written by Kerryn Humphreys, CJS Editor The first edition of Countryside Jobs Service, which later became CJS Weekly, was published 25 years ago -…

Blog written by Rachel Tierney, SBIF Development Officer How do the 24 recommendations set out in the SBIF Review fit together and what do they…

Blog written by Jo Judge, CEO NBN Trust. There is a long and rich history of biological recording in the UK, going back to amateur…

Blog written by Dr Nick Fraser, Head of Department of Natural Sciences at National Museums Scotland. With an estimated accumulated total of over 3 billion…

Blog written by Craig Macadam, Conservation Director at Buglife. As a child I was fascinated by wildlife. Growing up in rural Angus gave me ample…