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Chair of NERC's Science and Innovation Strategy Board The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is seeking to appoint a new Chair of its Science and…

Your figures are needed to help secure future support of Recorder The Recorder team needs figures on Recorder 6 usage to convince the funders of…

Grants available The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the Museums Association (MA), focuses on time-limited collections work outside the scope of an organisation’s core…

Hedgehog street and hibernation survey PTES and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) are looking for neighbourhoods to become Hedgehog Champions by making a collaborative…

Defra has published a list of the successful applicants for funds for Local Nature Partnerships capacity building.  The Natural Environment White Paper, recognised that partnership…

Download January eNews In this issue: Data access controls consultation – phase 2 New NBN Trust Chairman NBN Trust Patron ALERC National Coordinator Recorder insight…

Tom Hunt, formerly of RECORD in Cheshire, has been appointed to the post of ALERC National Coordinator with effect from the 18th January.  Tom will…

NBN RECORD CLEANER VERSION 1.0.6.9 Release date: December 2011 The latest version of NBN Record Cleaner has been released. This update fixes a number of…

I was introduced to wildflowers at the age of nine, by my primary school teacher – the late John Vaughan. This was in the early…

Profile – Professor Michael Hassell CBE FRS I felt greatly honoured when approached to be Chairman of the NBN Trust.  Recording the UK’s plants, animals…

John Selborne When Sir Neil Chalmers asked me if I would allow my name to go forward for appointment as Patron of the NBN Trust…

DIXIDAE and THAUMALEIDAE – A new recording scheme organiser required Written by Henry Disney My 1975 Freshwater Biological Association key to British meniscus midges (Diptera.…

Young Researcher's Award – Opportunity to submit an application The main objective of the Young Researcher's Award (YRA) is to foster innovative research and discovery…

Download Christmas 2011 eNews In this issue: Data access controls consultation update Defra contract 2011 – 2014 New website – now live! NBN conference report…

Consultation on changes to the NBN Gateway access controls and download functionality. The initial phase of this consultation is now complete. There was an excellent…

Pilot delivery of structured local habitat surveillance by a local partnership on behalf of Natural England Natural England is inviting tenders for the above project.…

New look website aims to simplify finding all the information available through the NBN If you are reading this article then you will have already…

OPAL takes home runner-up trophy at prestigious Lottery Award The Open Air Laboratories project (OPAL) was recognised as one of the UK’s best environment projects…

Yorkshire Naturalists Union has recently launched the South Yorkshire Plant Atlas The Atlas covers the 1665 whole or part 1km squares of the old Metropolitan…

DEFRA continues to invest in the NBN We are pleased to announce that Defra are continuing their long-term strategic investment in the National Biodiversity Network…