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It’s time to show the world what the future of the UK seafood industry looks like – the Seafood Innovation Fund is now open for…

We are delighted to announce that the National Biodiversity Network Trust has today received funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to help transform its data sharing…

View Network News July 2019. In this issue: NBN Awards – who will you nominate? NBN Conference – suggestions for Technical Session Two new NBN…

Defra’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Ian Boyd, has received a Knighthood as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which was announced at the beginning…

Since 2015, hundreds of skilled volunteers have recorded plants in over 3000 survey plots of semi-natural habitat.  The National Plant Monitoring Scheme funded and run…

Following an enthusiastic response to the first ever Every Flower Counts, Plantlife is teaming up with BBC Gardeners’ World for a special repeat of the…

We are delighted that Brendan Foster, a Data Science Masters student from the University of Salford, will be working with the NBN Trust over the…

Do you know someone working within the environmental sciences sector who deserves to be recognised for their outstanding contribution, their achievements in public life or…

A landmark report, recently released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) calls for more effective cross-sectorial private sector action to conserve…

NERC is adapting its governance and advisory structures to provide increased agility and broader expertise. From September 2019, a new NERC Advisory Network will provide…

The GBIF Secretariat has funded two half-time positions in its network to assist in developing a growing community of practice around ‘Living Atlases.’ Vicente Ruiz…

Taken from the ICO website – original blog by Gill Bull, Director of Freedom of Information at the Information Commissioner’s Office At the beginning of May,…

The White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) is a delicate little insect that can be found fluttering along lushly vegetated margins of rivers, streams, pools and lakes…

View Network News June 2019. In this issue: NBN Atlas System Developer NBN Conference – first speakers and opportunities for students Nominate for NBN Awards…

NBN Trust member, Felixstowe’s Community Nature Reserve, has been used by DEFRA as a case study as part of the Year of Green Action. Felixstowe’s…

Scientists are calling for thousands of volunteers to help record sightings of spittle and spittlebugs across the UK.  The information will then be used to…

One hundred camera traps, developed specifically for the automatic counting and recognition of insects, will be placed throughout the Netherlands this summer. This is a…

People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has been recording stag beetle sightings for two decades. Now, it is calling for anyone who lives in a…

The first of its kind, the World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum will bring to­geth­er lead­ing re­searchers, ear­ly ca­reer re­searchers, prac­ti­tion­ers, rep­re­sen­ta­tives from dif­fer­ent sec­tors and de­ci­sion-mak­ers to…

For the next few years the Highland Biological Recording Group (HBRG) will attempt to map the distribution of the country’s six species of social wasp.…