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The original collaboration between NBN Trust and ALERC to provide the National Coordinator post finishes with the Defra – NBN contract at the end of…

Plant health expert Dr David Slawson, joins the OPAL team from the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), where he had been leading public engagement…

For the first time, the NBN Trust exhibited at Ecobuild, which for the 2014 show was a celebration of 10 years of championing a greener…

As you will be aware, Jim Munford is retiring as Chief Executive of the NBN Trust at the end of May.  We are now pleased…

The River Restoration Centre is planning to run a number of training workshops during the next financial year on the following topics:   1.  …

Download the February 2014 NBN eNews. In this issue: NBN Gateway 5 User update Research Applications of the NBN New Data & Liaison Officer CSA…

Registration for the National BioBlitz programme is NOW OPEN! Registering your event is step 4 in the 8 step guide to running your own BioBlitz…

The Nature of Scotland Awards 2014 close to entries on 30th May! Celebrating excellence, innovation and outstanding achievement in Scottish nature conservation, nominations are welcomed…

The CSA supports practitioners in the broad and growing field of public participation in scientific research, and aims to advance a global and cross-disciplinary field…

This scheme is for academic scientists who want to work on a collaborative project with industry and for scientists in industry who want to work…

Written by Tom Hunt – Association of Local Environmental Records Centres   The NBN Gateway version 5 has been up and running for a while…

Following the launch of the NBN Gateway 5 we have encountered and dealt with a number of issues.  There are however, some new and some…

A summary of the NBN Research Applications Workshop, January 20th 2014 – Nick J. B. Isaac NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane,…

Written by Emma Sherlock, Chairman of the Earthworm Society (Image copyright of Emma)   The Earthworm Society of Britain started life in October 2009 with…

Download the January 2014 NBN eNews. In this issue: Monitoring the impacts of ash dieback Update on NBN Gateway V data loading Goodbye and good…

SPLASH – Survey of Plants and Lichens associated with Ash (SPLASH) Monitoring the impacts of ash dieback The voluntary sector societies that record vascular plants…

Due to the teething issues on release of NBN Gateway V, the ‘freeze’ on data loading, as part of the transition from the old to…

Paula has now left the NBN Trust after three and a half years in the role of Data Access Officer.  She has taken up a PhD…

Defra published an Open Data Strategy in June 2012. It focused on coordinating Open Data activities across Defra, setting up a transparency panel, identifying some key…

18 HLF Heritage training bursary placements 2014 Full-time Roles (9 months)    Are you intent on a fast-track into a career in nature conservation but…