Latest stories from our Network

Written by Ella Vogel (NBN Secretariat) & David Roy (Biological Records Centre) The Consultants Portal has surpassed its target of having 20,000 records uploaded by…

Written by Dr J Patrick Doody, Brampton Parish In 2013/2014 a two year project began with the aim of providing a comprehensive description of the Parish…

The 2015 NBN Conference was attended by over 170 delegates and was held over two days for the first time ever.  It also moved away…

Atkins, one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has published a collection of papers that demonstrates how they help clients meet…

Written by Anthony Roach So, you last heard from the ID Trainers with Mike Waller as we were close to finishing Phase 2 of the…

Dave Martin, systems architect at Australia’s national science agency – commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (CSIRO) – is currently seconded to the Global Biodiversity…

Bill (William) Ely was nominated by Graham Walley NFBR Chairman and John Newbould retired NFBR Hon.Secretary. The NBN Board of Trustees agreed unanimously to award…

On 19th and 20th November, just under 180 delegates from biodiversity organisations, local environmental records centres, recording schemes, government bodies, students and individuals all concerned…

View NBN eNews December 2015. In this issue: NBN Conference review Bill Ely – NBN Honorary Member 2015 Chief Executive of the National Biodiversity Network…

The World is your Oyster, (or Fern or Bumblebee …) Written by Siobhan Leachman   I first became involved in crowdsourcing when my sister suggested…

Momentum and support for the Consultants Portal is continuing as we move into winter. Almost 20,000 biological records have been submitted so far and we…

Written by Phil Wyndham, Ordnance Survey Strategic Development Manager Following an introduction from a policy official in Defra – Phil Wyndham, Ordnance Survey Strategic Development…

Measuring the mobilisation, use and impact of national biodiversity data by Mélianie Raymond and Kyle Copas, GBIF Secretariat During GBIF’s 2014 governing board meeting, network…

1st November 1968 – 6th November 2015 The National Biodiversity Network is devastated to announce the untimely death of its CEO, John Sawyer, who died…

Kate Barlow – 5th December 1970 – 23rd November 2015 Taken from a tribute by Kate E. Jones Dr Kate Barlow, passionate wildlife conservationist and explorer…

The NBN Strategy 2015 – 2020 sets out the UK’s commitment to sharing biological data freely and openly for use to inform education and research.…

What does this mean for me? The following article answers some of the questions currently being asked about the NBN Atlas Scotland. What is the NBN Atlas Scotland?…

Here in the UK we have an enviable number of volunteer naturalists, whose dedicated contributions of time and expertise help us to understand the state…

The winners of the first ever UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing were announced at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall in York during an evening…

The National Biodiversity Network is devastated to announce the untimely death of its CEO, John Sawyer, who died of a heart attack on Friday 6th…