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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…

Sue Townsend, Biodiversity Learning Manager at the Field Studies Council has retired after 40 years. However before she did so, on 14 February she helped…

View Network News February 2020. In this issue: NBN Trust Strategy Review update Call for nominations – Honorary membership of the NBN Trust Volunteers wanted…

Written by Kerryn Humphreys, Owner, Editor – CJS In the many years that Countryside Jobs Service (CJS) has been advertising jobs we’ve seen many changes,…

We are seeking nominations for Honorary Membership of the National Biodiversity Network Trust. Do you know someone who you think should receive this accolade? Honorary…

Gilbert White & The Oates Collections in Hampshire have launched a website to promote the activities and celebrations happening all across the country for Gilbert…

Volunteers are being asked to help with the first survey in decades of Britain’s slug populations. To take part, all that’s required is curiosity, a…

NBN Trust Corporate Supporter, White Rabbit, has created a new Word Press Form so that users can show the iRecord “Casual Record” page on their own…

Divers studying marine plants have spotted a sea snail not seen in Manx waters for almost two centuries. The grooved top shell snail, Jujubinus striatus,…

Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the launch of a new project, ‘More Data for Nature’ Aimed at understanding biodiversity trends across…

View Network News January 2020. In this issue: NBN Trust Strategy Review 2020 FAIRs FAIR support for NBN Atlas Retired NBN Trust Development Officer given…

Austria has become the latest country to launch a new biodiversity Atlas, with its beta version of Biodiversitäts-Atlas Österreich, being the latest Living Atlas site. The…

Jisc has launched an improved Jisc Geospatial data service, which will give universities and colleges access to licensed and open data, together with satellite imagery…

Over the last year, Greenspace information for Greater London (GiGL) has been working towards launching a brand new habitat database that covers the whole Greater…

The NBN Trust is developing its next five year strategy, to be launched in January 2021, and we would love to have your input. The…

Two, one day Conferences, organised by Caring for God’s Acre, will look at simple ways to explore the diversity in burial grounds and create a…

Data Science Festival (DSF) 2020 is almost here and the call for speakers is now open. Would you like to be part of the UK’s…

We are delighted to hear that Trevor James, the NBN Trust Development Officer from 2001 to 2014, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in…