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Why we need your data The Environment Agency needs your information about rare wildlife. We regulate others and we impact the environment ourselves. To carry…

        The goal of iRecord is to make it easier for wildlife sightings to be collated, checked by experts and made available…

IEEM 2012 Autumn/Winter Training IEEM, the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, is running a number of training events which will be of interest to NBN…

This is an important update to our communications about the launch of version 5 of the NBN Gateway and its new system of data access…

With the help of the recording community, the ‘Biological Recording and Species Identification Programme’ previously administered by the University of Birmingham has now been transferred “lock, stock…

Download August 2012 eNews In this issue: Important notice about uploading data to the NBN Gateway Data Access Controls – new web pages now available…

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is pleased to announce the launch of its new On-line Record Submission Form http://records.biodiversityireland.ie/ which it hopes will encourage the…

What is a Garden BioBlitz? It's a list of all the wildlife you can find in your garden over a 24hr period. You don't need…

The OPAL Grants Scheme aims to help natural history societies and recording schemes grow and flourish.  To date grants totaling £175,000 have been distributed to over…

Following extensive consultation with data providers and users, a new system of data access controls for the NBN Gateway will be released in October 2012. …

An increasing number of online recording websites and apps are becoming linked to iRecord for centralised verification, generating a large volume of data from a…

There have been changes to the NFBR newsletter. Firstly, Carolyn Steele stepped down as editor at the NFBR AGM earlier this year, after producing the newsletter for…

The Defra fund for biological recording in the voluntary sector (DBRVS) is now underway and attracting a significant amount of interest. The Defra fund is…

The Environment Agency and University of Bristol have just launched a new version of their PlantTracker app to record the distribution of invasive plant species…

BSBI SCIENTIFIC OFFICER Applications for the post of Scientific Officer Closing date for applications: 17th August 2012 The Botanical Society of the British Isles wishes…

Download July 2012 eNews In this month's issue: iRecord launched NBN Conference programme confirmed and bookings open Update on data access controls ALERC – LERC…

My early encounters with the marine environment would most certainly have taken place during family holidays, when as a child I would happily forage in…

July 2nd saw the official launch of Local Record Centre accreditation, with LERCs now being invited to express their intention to apply for basic level…

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a new ‘Guide to the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)’ to help public authorities better understand how to apply…

Using Citizen Science to survey farmland insects. Citizen science programmes are a useful tool in increasing public interest in biological recording and native wildlife, but…