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View Network News – August 2026 In this issue: NBN Trust Vacancy – Head of Finance & Operations NBN Conference – open for bookings! NBN…

For more than 20 years, the NBN Forum has been a valued part of the Network, providing a space for discussion, sharing news and technical…

The UK Government is creating a new Youth Climate and Nature Panel to put the voices of younger people at the heart of climate and…

A major international digitisation project launching this summer will create around 700,000 digital records from Scotland’s natural science collections and significantly expand access to vital…

The Tree Council and Defra are working in partnership to deliver the Trees Outside Woodland Fund for the 2026/27 planting season. The fund’s purpose is…

Natural England has revealed 130 projects set to receive a share of £60 million under the Species Recovery Programme. The funds are being invested in conservation projects…

Director Vacancies with The Wildlife Information Centre (SE/central Scotland) The Wildlife Information Centre (TWIC) is seeking two new directors to fill vacancies in its Board…

Written by Clare Blencowe, Senior Editor: Field Mycology The British Mycological Society’s long-running publication on fungal identification, recording and conservation – Field Mycology – is online,…

Key details Salary – £ 50,000 Working from home – anywhere in the UK Application deadline – 19/08/2026 The National Biodiversity Network Trust is the…

In our latest data sharing news, we are pleased to highlight the following new or updated datasets, which have contributed to an amazing 385,417,980* occurrences…

Wildlife experts, enthusiasts, and volunteers will be holding public surveys every day between 25 July and  2 August 2026 as part of Sea Watch Foundation’s…

Organisations working with natural heritage in Wales can apply for grants of between £250,000 and £1million to improve wildlife and biodiversity in and around Wales’…

View Network News – July 2026 In this issue: NBN Trust Strategic Plans – Update July 2026 Observer status to the Convention on Biological Diversity…

At its May Board meeting the NBN Trustees agreed to extend the current NBN Trust Strategy 2022-2027 to April 2028. This gives the Trust time…

The NBN Trust has been granted observer status to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the international agreement that underpins global cooperation on biodiversity conservation,…

Written by Sophia Davies – BBatS Project Officer I would like to introduce the British Bat Survey (BBatS), a relatively new national monitoring scheme run…

Researchers at the University of Reading are currently recruiting volunteers across the UK for a citizen science project investigating how urban hedgehogs may be exposed…

TDWG, the international standards body for biodiversity data, has officially approved two important additions to Darwin Core (DwC): A new Conceptual Model A Darwin Core Data Package…

The Department for Education has launched a consultation asking for the public’s opinion on the subject content for the new GCSE in Natural History. The…

Over 40 rare Hazel Dormice have been reintroduced into a Leicestershire woodland by People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and partners. This release is part…