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The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects – Use of iframes to embed NBN grid maps Inspired by an article in the…

The 75 millionth record uploaded to the NBN Gateway is that of Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam).  The dataset containing the record has been compiled from a…

Marine Biodiversity is the theme for this year's International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). Designation of IDB 2012 on the theme of marine ecosystems provides…

Download April 2012 eNews In this issue: Tender opportunity for the creation of verification rule sets for NBN Record Cleaner 70 million records now on…

UK Initial Assessment and proposals for Good Environmental Status This is a joint consultation between Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the…

Written by Mandy Rudd, GiGL Director Publicly available planning figures show 17,000 planning applications were assessed in London between January and March last year (2011).…

There are changes afoot at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) if you are looking for a grant. A recent announcement sought to clarify a few things. The…

The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) launched in 2009 represents the first UK-wide survey of butterfly abundance using a random sampling framework.  The scheme is…

Earlier this year, the NBN Trust awarded six contracts to develop verification rules for NBN Record Cleaner, the automated validation and verification decision-support tool for…

Following the success of the biodiversity data management tools workshops organised by the NBN Trust and JNCC in Edinburgh and London last year, Defra provided…

Local Environmental Record Centres (LERCs) are familiar to many as the local embodiment of the NBN.  Local naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts are often able to…

Following the successful Natural England funded pilot of the LERC accreditation system in 2010, the Association of Local Environmental Record Centres (ALERC) is currently agreeing…

After my retiral at the end of last month from Scottish Natural Heritage, one of the main funders of the NBN, I was invited to…

An outbreak of the Asian longhorn beetle (ALB), an exotic beetle pest which could have severe consequences for British trees, has been found in Kent…

Latest dataset upload sets a new NBN Gateway record We are delighted to announce the upload of the 70 millionth species record to the NBN…

When I was growing-up in North Devon, frequent trips to the seashore were aimed greatly at catching prawns and crabs for tea. But Dad also…

Download March eNews. In this issue: NBN Gateway down Friday evening & Saturday morning -23rd & 24th March Largest number of datasets loaded onto NBN…

New project hopes to assess the condition of our ponds Over 80% of ponds in England and Wales are now in poor condition, and the number…

Record number of datasets loaded onto the NBN Gateway February was a record breaking month in terms of the number of datasets loaded onto the NBN…

Celebrate Big Nature Day with the Natural History Museum You are invited to take part in an exciting event at the Natural History Museum on Sunday…