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Far too few people study biodiversity. That’s why Field Studies Council (FSC) is searching for (and paying) people to train enthusiasts and professionals. You don’t have…

The call for nominations for the 2022 GBIF Young Researchers Award is now open. This annual programme aims to foster innovative research and discovery in…

View Network News – February 2022. In this issue: Assessing potential biases in species occurrence data Recording schemes and surveys database Rebooted – rediscovering wildlife…

The NBN Trust is seeking to collate information about projects that will engage people in recording wildlife. If you are planning, or if you know…

Written by Robin Boyd of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Like all data aggregators, the data held in the NBN Atlas is not…

Wildlife Trust conservationists have discovered rare and endangered white-clawed crayfish at a nature reserve in Hampshire where the species was last recorded in 1991. The…

CIEEM has launched its 2022 Employment and Salary Survey for the ecology and environmental management sector. This triennial survey (postponed from 2021 due to Covid)…

City Nature Challenge is back in 2022!  Join in from 29 April to 2 May by recording your local wildlife as part of this global initiative. …

This September, University College London (UCL), will be launching two brand new courses. The MSc in Citizen Science and MSc in Ecology and Data Science…

View Network News – January 2022. In this issue: Call for information from educational institutions New biodiversity ID training courses from the Field Studies Council…

The NBN Trust would like to request information from educational institutions that use the NBN Atlas as an educational resource.  In the last year we have seen…

British Ecological Society (BES) actively encourages its members to promote ecological science to a wide audience and offers grants of up to £2,000. Objectives BES…

The Field Studies Council has some new and exciting Natural History Courses throughout 2022. There are multi-day experiences which will allow you to immerse yourself…

In April 2021 iNaturalistUK launched and became part of the global iNaturalist community. Over the past year the number of users and observations has steadily…

The 2022 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge has opened with the aim of recognising innovative entries that leverage biodiversity data and tools from the GBIF network to advance…

Written by Martin Harvey, UKCEH Biological Records Centre  During 2021 over 2 million records were added to iRecord and shared from the apps and websites that make…

The Wildlife Information Centre (TWIC) – the Local Environmental Records Centre for south-east & part of central Scotland – is running a number of online…

These Field Studies Council (FSC) guides are ideal for biological recorders, naturalists, ecologists and conservation volunteers – and could make ideal stocking-fillers or Christmas gifts…

View Network News – December 2021. In this issue: NBN Award winners and runners-up NBN Conference – presentations and questionnaire Full Stack Developer (Java) with…

As Neil Hodges, NBN Trust Chairman, announced at the recent NBN Conference, Andrew Wood, one of our most experienced Trustees, has decided to step down…