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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…

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…

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…

National Forum for Biological Recording and British Ecological Society Conference 2015 The National Forum for Biological Recording and the British Ecological Society’s Macroecology Special Interest…

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…

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…

The NBN Trust is in the process of establishing an NBN Gateway User Group. The purpose of this group is to represent the requirements of…

Over the next six months the National Biodiversity Network will be refreshing its strategic direction. Drivers for this refresh include the recent changes in NBN…

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…

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…

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…