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We would like to say a huge thank you and good luck for the future to Ella Vogel, NBN Projects Development Officer, who has now…

A successful stakeholder engagement day was held for the NBN Atlas Scotland on 21 June at the Battleby Conference Centre, near Perth.  Twenty-three stakeholders from…

We are pleased to have published the new sensitive species policy for the NBN Atlas. This was written in conjunction with many Network members who…

This summer, People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling on the public to record sightings of mammals, dead or alive, whilst driving along Britain’s…

Natural capital assessments are increasingly being used by businesses in corporate financial, risk, and environmental management processes. However, there are currently a number of ‘data…

View Network News May 2018.  In this issue: The 2018 UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing are now open! NBN Conference 2018 – take part NBN…

We are opening up the NBN Conference and offering speaking slots to students who are interested in participating in this event.  With an anticipated attendance…

Do you have a skill or a way of doing things that you’d like to tell others about? Do you have technical expertise that you…

If you missed the recent deadline to opt-in to the Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum’s mailing list, but would still like to receive news from the…

There is still time to book a place at this event, which will be held at Battleby on 21 June. Anyone in the biodiversity data…

These annual Awards celebrate the individuals, the newcomers and the groups of people or organisations that are making outstanding contributions to biological recording and improving…

Bristol and Bath win best in Europe in the first global City Nature Challenge. Between 27-30 April 2018 Bristol and Bath competed with 65 cities…

Are you an open data champion? The 2018 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge will award up to €34,000 in prizes to the entries that rely on open…

How can natural sciences collections in UK museums support nature conservation and ecological research, policy and management effectively? UK museums contain roughly 140 million natural…

View Network News May 2018.  In this issue: NBN Atlas revisions to Terms of Use and Guidance for Using Data Identification Trainers for the Future:…

This is an open invitation to anyone in the biodiversity community in Scotland who would like to learn more about, and contribute to the development…

A successful stakeholder engagement day was held for the NBN Atlas Wales on 25 April at the National Library in Aberystwyth. At the event, 21 stakeholders from…

The SBIF Review Highlight Report for March and April was published last week (w/c 23 April) and contains our Latest Update, a summary of recent activity and an indication of the status of…

We have recently been receiving donations through the PayPal giving fund – the donations come to us anonymously so we would like to take this…

The Identification Trainers for the Future (IDTFF) project was developed as a work based training programme for individuals that are passionate about developing a career…