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The review of 2014 – 2015 highlights work that has taken place over the last year to support the aims of the NBN Strategy 2010 – 2020,…

The last stages of Phase 2 Written by Mike Waller, ID Trainer for the Future Trainee May I introduce you to the final instalment from…

Abstract submissions are open For the first time, we are opening up the NBN Conference and offering speaking slots to individuals who are interested in…

Free mobile phone app will help monitor UK’s grasshoppers and crickets  Image of Great  Green Bush Cricket courtesy of David Browne ‘iRecord Grasshoppers’ a free…

View NBN eNews August 2015   In this issue: Collecting and sharing biological data to educate and inform 2015 NBN Conference – bookings are open!…

The National Biodiversity Network wants to recognise significant achievement and celebrate success in biological recording and information sharing. The NBN Secretariat has therefore established a…

“From global to local – building the NBN Partnership”   Where and when Dates: Thursday 19th and Friday 20th November 2015 Venue: Lakeside Conference Centre, Sand Hutton,…

Over the last 12 months members of the National Biodiversity Network have been working together to develop a new five-year strategy. That document has now…

NBN Strategy 2015 – 2020 now published   Written by John Sawyer, CEO, NBN Trust E: j.sawyer@nbn.org.uk  Twitter: @_JohnSawyer   Over the last 12 months…

Written by Tim Corner, Manager – Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre (BRERC)                          …

This one-day Summit will seek to kick-start collaborations to mobilise the National Biodiversity Network’s extensive undigitised data holdings using crowdsourcing platforms. It will bring together…

Summary of feedback This is a summary of feedback to the draft NBN Strategic Action Plan 2015-2020. The NBN Secretariat is processing all responses to…

NBN Atlas Scotland now under construction The NBN Trust is now building the NBN Atlas Scotland, which will also serve as a pilot for a UK-wide roll…

Do you have data on the NBN Gateway? Help us start implementing the NBN’s new five year strategy by completing our questionnaire The NBN Secretariat…

Written by Dr Quentin Groom, National Botanical Garden, Meise, Belgium www.botanicgarden.be Himalayan Balsam image c. GBNNSS   Invasive species can be a serious threat to the conservation…

Written by Katy Potts, ID Trainers for the Future Welcome to the next update from the Identification trainers for the future programme. I’m Katy and…

Written by Caroline Coleman & Lucy Lush, Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre   How would you know where to find different grasslands or other habitats such as…

Alan Stewart Nominated by: National Forum for Biological Recording Having been interested in natural history since childhood (first with birds, then plants, then insects), Alan has…

Members of the public are being asked to help University of Aberdeen researchers pinpoint just how far a species, that wound up in the UK…

View NBN eNews May 2015. In this issue: The Value of Local Environmental Records Centre data on the NBN Gateway to Recorders It’s good to…