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Nature Improvement Areas were a flagship policy contained in last year’s Natural Environment White Paper ‘The Natural Choice’ which set out aims to improve the…

In response to requests from data users, Scottish Natural Heritage added a new geographic dataset to the NBN Gateway in May.  The SNH Natural Heritage Futures…

The Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS) is a web based information system to support the conservation community. It will help you find out where practical…

Opportunities for working with Natural England Closing date for tenders was noon on 20th June 2012.  Tenders are now closed The Invitation to Tender for…

Data Access Controls Review: outcome of consultation and plans for implementation Over the past six months, the NBN Trust has been consulting with data providers…

Download the May 2012 eNews. In this issue: 75 million records now on the NBN Gateway Data access controls consultation – outcome iSpot’s 100,000th observation…

European pear rust (Gymnosporangium sabinae) monitoring European pear rust is caused by the fungus Gymnosporangium sabinae (syn. Gymnosporangium fuscum). It was once a rarity in…

“Citizen Science: Engaging with change in the marine environment” workshop report now available. Large amounts of data about the marine environment are gathered by volunteers…

iSpot was launched in June 2009, so we have now had nearly three years of activity. In the last month observation no. 100,000 was added…

The OPAL “Indicia” project, supported by the Biological Records Centre, through the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and the NBN, provides a set of tools for…

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…