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Wildlife charity, People’s Trust for Endangered Species, is calling for volunteers to record mammal sightings in their gardens, aiding national conservation efforts Although much of life…

Countryside Jobs Service (CJS) is collating information on volunteering opportunities that you can do from home, during the Coronavirus lockdown. As many citizen science projects…

It is the aim of the Earthworm Society of Britain (ESB) to increase our understanding of earthworms in the UK and the ecological impact that…

Written by Liam Taylor, The Beautiful Burial Ground Project Burial grounds can be poorly understood in terms of their biodiversity when compared to other public…

Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (TVERC) Field Volunteer Are you a nature enthusiast? Do you have experience in species identification and wildlife surveys? Would you like the…

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic all NBN Trust staff are still working from home. If you need to contact us, please email us…

View Network News March 2020. In this issue: NBN Trust Strategy – second stage survey NBN Trustee / Treasurer Two Masters Placements at NBN Trust…

We are pleased to announce that Hauwa’u Uraifa Shehu, a Data Science Masters student at the University of Salford, Manchester, has started a 12 week…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Nature (APPG for Nature) relaunched in Parliament on 24 February. The Group was originally launched in July 2019 and provides…

The decline in Scotland’s breeding seabird numbers may be slowing down, a new report suggests. The latest biodiversity indicator published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)…

A research study to look at the resilience of people in ecology or environmental sectors in the United Kingdom is being undertaken and you are…

Cities around the world will soon be competing to see who can make the most observations of nature and engage the most people in the…

A new project, launched in February 2020, will bring young people on Glasgow’s Southside and nature closer together. Funded through the Future Routes Fund (SNH,…

The NBN Atlas Isle of Man has reached a record milestone with one million wildlife records available online. NBN Atlas Isle of Man, as with…

A £1.64 million project to boost biodiversity skills and expand the UK’s database of ‘unloved’ invertebrate species has so far resulted in the creation of…

The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Trust is developing its next Strategy and we would love to have your input. In December 2019 we sent out…

We are pleased to announce that Damien High, a Masters student at the University of Salford, has started a 12 week long placement with the…

We are saddened to hear that one of our Network colleagues, Craig Slawson, passed away a few days ago. Craig maintained the NBN’s LERC database…

The GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is an annual incentive prize that seeks to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modellers,…

The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the 2020 Young Researchers Award. This annual programme aims to foster and recognise innovative research and…