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Workshops – workshops – workshops.  Let the REAL ID work begin! Picking up from where we left off in June – we have just completed…

Planning for this year’s Conference is well underway and the NBN Secretariat is excited about the programme and meeting you all again, this time in Edinburgh. The…

On 22 June, Scotland’s Environment Web (SEWeb) won the Holyrood 2016 Connect ICT Award for Project Delivery. This award category recognises large and complex projects…

Seaweed distribution and abundance around our coasts is changing. To investigate why this might be and what’s out there, the Marine Conservation Society has joined…

Funding under the Open Licencing of Local Species Data grant is now open for applications. Defra and Natural England are committed to supporting the development of…

Places are still available for the University of Oxford Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques for September 2016 entry. Study while working and learn how…

The second issue of Network News is out! With a revamped look and feel, it still has the same great news and stories from across…

Information on Natural Environment Research Council’s Follow on Fund and Innovation projects can be found below. Follow-on Fund Applications are invited to NERC’s Follow-on Fund.…

National Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects and it is taking place from 20 – 26 June 2016. Every…

People’s Trust for Endangered Species has launched the first ‘FruitFinder’ database as part of ongoing orchard conservation. They say variety is the spice of life,…

Registration is now open. Communicate is the UK’s conference for environmental communicators, bringing together over 150 delegates each year to develop their skills, share best…

Were you involved in the Festival of Nature BioBlitz at Wild Place Project in South Gloucestershire? If so, the event discovered 372 species on 13th…

The following schemes are being offered through the British Ecological Society. Ecological Ambassadors Scheme We are looking for up to 20 PhD students based in…

We have now completed Phase 1 of the Traineeship. This was completed in week 6 with a day visit to the Biological Records Centre in…

Forty-five people attended the launch of the NBN Atlas Scotland at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh (RBGE), on the afternoon of Friday 27th May 2016. This milestone…

2016 is the 30th anniversary of the National Forum for Biological Recording and the 20th anniversary of the Biological Recording courses run by Manchester Metropolitan…

The Young Darwin Scholarship 2016 is open for applications. This is an amazing opportunity for young people in year 11 or 12 who have are…

The Young Researchers Award (YRA) is an annual award aimed at fostering innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by encouraging graduate students to use GBIF-mediated data.…

The first issue of the brand new Network News is out!  With a revamped look and feel, it still has the same great news and…

Conservation Evidence, a new website, is a free, authoritative information resource designed to support decisions about how to maintain and restore global biodiversity. Here you…