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Over the past few weeks the five Identification Trainers for the Future have been busy working at our Museum curation placements, with each of us…

View Network News October 2016. In this issue: NBN Conference – there’s still time to book! Four months in and what have I learned? NBN…

An innovative study of soundscapes at Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Conservation Estate near Loch Ness aims to reveal new findings about woodland health and the…

Using a wildlife inventory to inform a new management plan. The Golden Cap estate is found on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast between Eype and Lyme Regis.…

The National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBN) Board of Trustees has recognised that the current NBN membership scheme is no longer fit for purpose and needs to be…

It’s not too late to save UK nature but we must act now – that is the conclusion from a coalition of more than 50…

View Network News September 2016.  In this issue: NBN Conference – early bird discount ends 16 September! NBN Atlas Scotland shortlisted for award! Is Citizen…

The NBN Atlas Scotland has been shortlisted for a prestigious award at the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards 2016. The shortlist, which was announced on…

People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has launched the latest element in its ongoing orchard conservation work: an interactive community orchard map that lists around 400…

An innovative new website app to help people record sightings of the elusive Scottish wildcat has launched. Scottish Wildcat Action (SWA) – the first official…

Natural Environment Research Council has agreed to support up to five new Enterprise Fellowships to boost the development of new businesses from investments in environmental…

The Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum’s Advisory Group has this year undertaken to drive a review of the biological recording infrastructure in Scotland. This is being…

We are very excited to update you on what is turning into a spectacular line up for Communicate 2016: Swapping Spectacles. The final programme structure…

This month’s Network News update was going to be written by Joe, one of our trainees on the Identification Trainers for the Future traineeship programme,…

A peer reviewed paper has recently raised the question of open data and the NBN Secretariat wanted to remind its data partners of the approach the NBN…

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is looking for your help. Its task group on data fitness for use in research on invasive alien species (IAS)…

A five paper supplement on citizen science has been published in the open access journal BMC Ecology. These manuscripts present findings from the analysis of environmental and social data from Open…

View Network News August 2016. In this issue: NBN Conference -registration is open! The future of the NBN Gateway, the NBN Atlas and opening up access…

Earthwatch Europe is seeking innovators to pitch new and exciting ideas that aim to re-engage the public with nature, in a bid to win £5,000 seed…

The Vision for Nature report has been published by A Focus on Nature (the UK’s youth nature network). The report sets out how young people would like…