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View Network News May 2017.  In this issue: Nominations for the 2017 UK Awards are open! NBN Atlas Update – April 2017 Introducing a new…

The BIG BIodiversity Challenge to ‘Do One Thing’ invites you to add one new biodiversity enhancement to your site. Join the movement to protect and…

*** Nominations are now closed for 2017. Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination.*** These annual Awards celebrate the individuals, the newcomers and the…

Natural England and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have launched a new online database and analytical tool called Pantheon, which will help us…

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has commissioned additional survey work to provide an up-to-date estimate of beaver family numbers in Tayside. This work follows from Environment…

Did you know that over the last century the water vole has experienced the most severe decline of any wild mammal in the UK? In…

My name is Jonathan Fenn, and I am currently undertaking a 3-month work placement at the National Biodiversity Network office in Nottingham. This placement is…

As you may recall during 2016 we undertook a review of the Membership scheme. The outcome of the review is contained within ‘NBN Trust Membership…

Our trainees have been extremely busy over the last month, with a few changes going on within the group too so I thought I would…

Transfers from NBN Gateway In total 701 datasets (71.8% of the 977 datasets publicly available on the Gateway), containing 55.6 million records were transferred from…

View Network News April 2017. In this issue: NBN Atlas is live! SBIF Review questionnaire – last few days to respond NBN EasyMaps available for…

An opportunity recently arose for the NBN to create a display for the John Hope Gateway, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s biodiversity and information centre.…

Since its initial release in 2014 the FSC TomBio plugin for QGIS has provided a convenient access to NBN distribution maps and records from within…

The NBN Secretariat is delighted to announce that the NBN Atlas is a finalist in the 2017 CIEEM Awards. The CIEEM Awards are a celebration…

As you will hopefully be aware, the NBN Atlas and NBN Atlas Wales went live on 1st April.  The NBN Gateway was turned off at…

Mark the return of Spring by listening out for the cuckoo! For many, the distinctive sound of Spring is the call of the cuckoo.  Now,…

The North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year as one of the four original pilot partnerships set up by government.…

Grant funding of £36k from Natural England during 2016/17 has enabled Local Environmental Records Centres and other local recording organisations to publish some of their…

Communication principles for the wildlife recording community. Recording wildlife is a great British tradition stretching back to the 1700s and the days of Gilbert White.…

Join expert tutors for a new programme of exciting introductory days, held at Edinburgh Zoo. 2017 sees the first courses in a new partnership between…