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Exciting progress has been made in restructuring the way that biodiversity data are displayed across the UK.   Following the development of the NBN Atlas Scotland,…

The NBN Action Plan has now been published and is available to download. The NBN Secretariat really values the time that all consultees put into responding…

Following recent work by the Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum (SBIF) Steering Group to improve alignment between SBIF, Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC) and the NBN,…

View NBN eNews March 2016. In this issue: New NBN website is here! New NBN Chief Executive LERC funding – NBN response 40,000 lakes at your…

In February this year Natural England announced withdrawal of funding to Local Environmental Records Centres (LERCs). At the time of this announcement, and since then,…

The next few years will be a crucial time for those recording, managing and using biodiversity data. Changes in information technology, reducing budgets and new…

The NBN Secretariat is delighted to announce that our new CEO, Jo Judge, will be joining us at the end of May. We are sure Jo…

To deliver the NBN Strategy, eight working groups are being set up to tackle actions identified as priorities by Network members in the recent round…

If you are reading this you have already found the all new, all singing and dancing NBN website, so thank you for visiting! This website…

The National Earthworm Recording Scheme has just published its 2015 recording scheme report. 2015 was the most productive year to date! They received 3,488 new earthworm records for…

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) has developed a UK Lakes Portal – a new online gateway to discover the lakes of the United Kingdom, linking data…

Help us raise money for four free registrations at the NBN Conference – and you don’t even need to do anything other than your normal shopping!!…

Butterfly Conservation is committed to sharing data to benefit nature conservation, public understanding and ecological research. After consultation with the butterfly and moth recording community…

It’s still pretty chilly outside, but the days are getting lighter and we can almost see BioBlitzing season on the horizon! If you are organising a…

The National Trust for Scotland has, in collaboration, with iRecord designed a new wildlife recording webpage where visitors to NTS properties can record the plants and animals…

Written by Mike Waller I refuse to draw attention to how little time we have left – it simply makes me sad. But unfortunately it’s…

View NBN eNews February 2016. In this issue: Climate opportunists: a threat to UK biodiversity and ecosystems? NFBR and BRC Conference NBN Secretariat out ‘n’…

Image: Small red damselfly (Erythromma viridulum m) – copyright Pam Taylor  The University of Exeter, National Biodiversity Network, and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology are jointly…

NFBR and BRC conference: National Recording Schemes and Societies – celebrating the past, looking to the future The National Forum for Biological Recording and the…

As a small team working closely with members of the Network on a wide range of areas across the Strategy, the NBN Secretariat is keen…