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View September 2014 NBN eNews In this issue: NBN Strategy workshops – register by 3rd October Project to increase open data holdings on NBN Gateway 100…

NBN Data Capture Initiative 2014 The NBN Trust has been successful in a bid to the Government’s Release of Data Fund and has started work…

      100 million records help create one of the largest wildlife databases in the world   Image of 2-spot ladybird courtesy of North…

The NBN strategy refresh is well underway. Importantly this also involves reviewing how we engage and communicate about biodiversity and NBN stories. We have therefore…

A master’s student from Ireland helping to detect biases and identify gaps in biodiversity data has been selected as a winner of the GBIF Young…

Written by Rachel Stroud Image of the ever elusive Greenland White-fronted Goose c. Rachel Stroud 2008 Having recently returned from three weeks in western Greenland,…

Environmental citizen science traditionally involves members of the public submitting sightings of wildlife to NGOs or record centres, but emerging technologies have recently broadened its use to all…

View August 2014 NBN eNews. In this issue: NBN Strategy refresh – get involved and respond by 5 Sept New online tool helps planners assess development issues…

Wildlife conservation charity Froglife has launched a new “Dragon Finder” app Dragon Finder is a free smartphone app which allows users to identify and report…

Local planning authorities (LPAs) in England will be able to assess whether a proposed development is likely to affect the country’s 4,128 Sites of Special…

Taxonomy unlocks our knowledge of the living world, but it has to change to keep pace with technology and the demands of society. A new…

As mentioned in our recent news item, over the next six months the National Biodiversity Network will be refreshing its strategic direction. Drivers for this…

Download July 2014 NBN eNews. In this issue: NBN Conference – programme released and bookings open! Easymaps now using NBN Gateway 5 and REST web…

The 14th NBN Annual Conference will take place on Friday 21st November at The Royal Society. The theme is: “Climate, Collaboration and Collection – informing…

Written by Tom Hunt – ALERC National Coordinator   ALERC recently consulted its members and partners on a range of issues, with the aim of…

Written by Tom August Members of the recording community joined staff from the Biological Records Centre (BRC) past and present to celebrate the 50th anniversary…

Image of basking shark courtesy of Scottish Natural Heritage Seas between the islands of Skye and Mull on Scotland’s west coast are highly important for…

The NBN’s Easymap service is now available from the NBN Gateway version 5. This Easymap service provided by the NBN Gateway enables users to install…

Users of Easymaps should be aware that most, but not all, NBN datasets are visible via this system. A small number of datasets for threatened…

The NBN Trust would like to invite interested parties to attend two workshops in London, which are being held on Thursday 20th and Saturday 22nd…