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In our latest data sharing news, we are pleased to highlight the following new or updated datasets, which have contributed more than 260,000+ records to…

GBIF – the Global Biodiversity Information Facility – is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world’s governments and aimed at providing anyone,…

The NBN Trust brought practical experience of the UK’s biological recording and data community to COP17, the UN biodiversity conference held in Yerevan, Armenia, in…

New national guidance aims to give Ratty a better chance of returning to Britain’s waterways Britain’s declining water voles have been given a much needed…

The National Biodiversity Network Trust is a specialist non-profit organisation with the mission of “making data work for nature”.  We provide data management capability for…

A new review of research from the Biological Records Centre (BRC) highlights the vital role of biological recording and national monitoring schemes and taxonomic societies…

View Network News – October 2026 In this issue: NBN Conference – more speakers added The NBN Trust contribution to the Global Biodiversity Framework at…

Further to the news in September’s and August’s Network News regarding the NBN Forum, we can confirm that this is now offline. As previously reported,…

The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Trust is delighted to have been awarded a grant through the Green Community Grants Programme, made possible thanks to players…

As we reported earlier this year, we are making changes to the NBN Trust membership scheme. The first phase, applicable to individual members, has already…

The UK has a long tradition of watching its natural environment, and some of the most intensive ecological monitoring and deepest expertise anywhere in the…

Leading wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers across the UK to record sightings of wild mammals in gardens and other…

New forecasting contest aims to advance AI-driven species distribution modelling in the UK Accurate forecasting of species distributions can help improve our understanding of how…

Plans for nature recovery should specify the evidence needed for decisions and provide for its verification, sharing, and continuing stewardship from the outset. COP17 is…

In our latest data sharing news, we are pleased to highlight the following new or updated datasets, which have contributed to an amazing 387+ million…

Do you have the skills, experience, and passion to help a UK-wide environmental charity tackle the nature emergency using the power of data? Can you…

View Network News – September 2026 In this issue: Finalists announced – NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2026 Introducing our new NBN Atlas support portal…

We’re pleased to let NBN Atlas users know that we’ve moved from our older documentation and help pages to a new online Support Portal. This…

Further to the announcement in August’s Network News regarding the NBN Forum, we are pleased to bring you some additional information. Firstly, we can confirm…

Written by Kerryn Humphreys, Managing Editor, Countryside Jobs Service. In the early years we talked about conservation but always had to prefix it with nature…