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Written by Friends of the Earth senior nature campaigner Paul de Zylva People around the UK are being urged to take part in the first…

Addressing the issue of data licensing, in a way that makes data as free from restrictions as possible, is essential to GBIF's mission of promoting…

To mark its 50th anniversary, NERC is pleased to announce its inaugural Impact Awards.  The awards will recognise and reward NERC-funded researchers, as individuals or…

“The existing strategy needs to be periodically reviewed in this way, not because I believe in change for change’s sake, but rather to ensure that…

The NBN Trust is applying to the Release of Data Fund for money to capture and make available datasets residing within NBN partner organisations which…

The Bouchout Declaration for Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management aims to promote openness of digital biodiversity data and provide a way for institutions and individuals to show…

As registered users will be aware, the NBN Forum had started to receive an increasing amount of SPAM posts over the course of the last…

Background The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) arose from a recommendation in 1999 by the Biodiversity Informatics Subgroup of the Megascience Forum, set up by…

Download June NBN eNews In this issue: Bouchout Declaration for Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey 2013 The NBN and GBIF New App…

An upgraded version of the UKEOF Catalogue is being launched on 25th June. The UKEOF Catalogue provides access to information about environmental observations, offering a…

   Written by Zoë Randle (Surveys Officer) at Butterfly Conservation Image of Small Tortoiseshell in Barley courtesy of Tim Melling The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey…

Image of fox courtesy of Vic Sharratt Around one million mammals are killed on UK roads each year, but People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)…

The latest report looking at the trial reintroduction of beavers at Knapdale in Argyll has been published by independent monitors of the trial, Scottish Natural…

Written by Abi Mansley of the Nectar Network project Images courtesy of Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park has teamed up with Northumbrian Water and…

GBIF has released its 2013 Science Review, which compiles peer-reviewed research papers from last year that make use of data published through GBIF’s global infrastructure,…

Image courtesy of Susannah Penn Following the successful reintroduction of rare hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) to an undisclosed woodland location in Nottinghamshire last year, the…

The NBN Trust would like to open this response for comment.  Please could you inform us by 9am Friday 13th June if you:   1…

Download the March 2014 NBN eNews. In this issue: The Asian Shore Crab reaches mainland UK Ministry of Justice and its Biodiverse Estate Defra Review…

Environment YES is an innovative competition for early career researchers which raises awareness of the commercialisation of environmental science ideas. The competition is funded by…

The effects of climate change are moving from the realm of simulation to stark reality. Understanding, managing and mitigating these effects is a critical endeavour…