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Written by Louise Lund Christensen   (Buzzard and all images c. Dean Bricknell) Since the beginning of March this year, The Wildlife Information Centre (TWIC) has…

Written by Phil Thomas, Ministry of Justice's Ecology Manager and Principal Ecologist Introduction The Ministry of Justice(MoJ) estate is probably not the first organisation that…

Current status The technical team is working on issues relating to the download log and it is currently being tested.  We hope to issue the…

Image: The ‘West Coast Community’ of killer whales – at risk of extinction. Photo by N. Van Geel/HWDT With the United Kingdom’s only known resident…

Stability of the NBN Gateway   Work has been ongoing to improve the stability of the NBN Gateway 5.  We know that mapping speed and…

On his final day as the Chief Executive of the NBN Trust, Dr Jim Munford shares his thoughts on the NBN and his hopes for…

Written by Rachel Stroud, NBN Trust's Data & Liaison Officer Over 95 million records are accessible through the NBN Gateway, but what does this ever…

The Ebbe Nielsen Prize has been awarded annually to a person or team who demonstrates excellence in combining biodiversity informatics and biosystematics research. The €30,000…

“BioBlitz” is a popular format for public participation in biological recording, where members of the public, school groups and volunteers work alongside experienced naturalists, ecologists…

Download the March 2014 NBN eNews.   In this issue: NBN Gateway update and information Interview with Dr Jim Munford, the NBN Trust’s outgoing CEO…

The BIG Challenge of 'do one thing' invites you to add one new biodiversity enhancement to your construction site, development or existing building.   The…

The technical team has discovered an issue in the NBN Gateway 5, which relates to time limited access requests.    The NBN Gateway supports two different…

A groundbreaking new technique analysing DNA traces in water offers hope for the future protection of rare and endangered aquatic species – including Britain’s population…

A new project to protect and celebrate the unique elm heritage of the Sussex coast has been given the green light thanks to a grant…

Mark the return of Spring by listening out for the cuckoo!   Help in recording what is for many the distinctive sound of Spring –…

The Government’s Natural Capital Committee published its second report on 11 March. The Natural Capital Committee was one of the headline commitments in the UK…

March 2014 NBN eNews   Download the March 2014 NBN eNews.   In this issue: New CEO for the NBN Trust  ALERC National Coordinator –…

rNBN is an R package that uses the new NBN Gateway to make data even more accessible. Written for the statistical programming language R, the…

Written by Rachel Stroud Given how fast time has flown already, I feel I should properly introduce myself and give you an insight into my…

Track a Tree, a new citizen science project to record spring in the UK's woodlands, has just launched its new website Track a Tree is…