In this issue:

• NBN Trust Strategic Plans – Update July 2026
• Observer status to the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Darwin Core gets a major upgrade
• NBN Trust Partner Job Vacancy – ALERC
• iSpot has closed
• NBN Conference
• New GBIF website
• GCSE Natural History Consultation
• The Great Stag Hunt – volunteers wanted!
• British Bat Survey – participants wanted!
• Hedgehog Citizen Science Project
• City Nature Challenge – 2026 results
• National Education Nature Park – July update
• Rare Hazel Dormice reintroduction
• iNaturalist Observation of the day
• iNaturalist Project of the Month

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In this issue:

• NBN Atlas data updates – another milestone!
• NBN Trust receives a National Lottery Community Fund
• Better Biodiversity Data project
• Love Your Burial Ground Week
• GiGL’s 30 year milestone
• Help design the next banknotes
• Global Wildlife Biobanking Gap Analysis
• Citizen Scientists wanted for Europe-wide survey
• National Education Nature Park – June updates
• Recruitment of Executive Secretary for GBIF

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In this issue:

• NBN Awards – nominate before 18 May!
• NBN Conference – save the date!
• Earth Raise success – thank you!
• NBN Trust awarded £50,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation
• Two new Trustees strengthen NBN Trust board
• NBN Trust joins British Standards Institution’s national committee on Biodiversity
• Latest data updates to the NBN Atlas
• POSTnote – Evidence for nature recovery
• Revealing the hidden world of Scotland’s rainforest
• Can you help with vital wildlife surveys in your local area?
• Join the National BioBlitz 23 – 31 May 2026
• National Plant Health Week 11-17 May
• National Education Nature Park – May updates
• Help shape support for the protection and restoration of nature

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In this issue:

• NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2026
• Big Give’s Earth Raise campaign – have your donation doubled!
• Over 335 million records on the NBN Atlas!
• City Nature Challenge is back in 2026!
• ALERC news
• The new Western Forest
• Birds in Greenspaces
• Nature of Scotland Awards 2026
• Partner opportunity – ECT Trustee Vacancy
• National Education Nature Park updates
• Funding to support new ideas & projects for marine conservation (UK)

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In this issue:

• Over 312 million records now on the NBN Atlas!
• An update from the NBN Trust Data Team
• NBN Atlas Accelerator Project Report
• NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording
• NBN Trust Membership Scheme update
• IQUW Group renews its partnership for 2026
• IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment
• Nature Restoration Fund Implementation Plan
• Staying relevant – a LERC’s thoughts
• National Education Nature Park updates
• National Lottery Grants for Heritage – Grants of up to £10 Million Available (UK)
• MSc Island Biodiversity and Conservation

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In this issue:

• Nominations for the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2026 are open!
• Biodiversity data updates on the NBN Atlas
• BBC Winterwatch and NBN Atlas Pine Marten distribution maps
• UKEOF guide to using DNA-based monitoring with citizen science
• Building better evidence for nature
• The ‘wonder’ of a great conference!
• Increasing inclusivity in biological recording
• The RACE Report 2025
• GBIF Graduate Researchers Award 2026: UK nominations
• Ebbe Nielsen challenge 2026
• Project INSPIRE – tackling the worldwide decline in insect biodiversity
• Independent review evaluates the National Education Nature Park
• National Education Nature Park February updates
• Funding and grants – January 2026

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In this issue:

• NBN Atlas upgraded
• NBN Atlas Wrapped
• NBN Atlas and BBD teams put us in the spotlight
• iNaturalistUK Year in Review 2025
• iNaturalistUK User Survey Reports
• A record-breaking year for marine mammal monitoring
• Environmental Data Usage Survey
• National Education Nature Park update
• 4th Annual Sustainability Reporting Summit
• Job Vacancies from our partners
• Funding and grants
• iNaturalistUK Project of the Month
• “Best practice” guide for using iNaturalist in the UK

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In this issue:

• NBN Award recipients 2025
• Vacancy – Trustee to the NBN Trust Board
• Reflections on the NBN Conference 2025
• NBN Atlas downtime – 9 December
• NBN Trust Impact Report
• NBN Trust Financial Statements and AGM minutes
• NBN Trust represented on a global scale
• Biodiversity information for conservation decision making
• Mammals in My Local Landscape – Local Issues Mapping Exercise
• GBIF Data Use Club Webinar
• 2nd SPHERE-PPL Annual Meeting

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In this issue:

• NBN Conference – final chance to book!
• Sharing data from iRecord to the NBN Atlas
• The Fungus Verification Consultation Project
• Over a quarter of schools in England are transforming their sites for nature
• CIEEM Scotland Conference 2025: From Source-to-Sea
• First ever national analysis of stag beetles
• LicheN – a new mobile app
• DASSH Attends 3rd DTO-BioFlow General Assembly
• Job vacancy – Cofnod Manager
• Beavers released in Glen Affric 400 years after extinction in Scotland
• BRISC bursaries
• Communicate 2025: Against the Odds
• Funding and grant opportunities

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In this issue:

• NBN Conference – Programme complete!
• NBN Atlas Strategy 2025-2030 launched
• NBN Trust welcomes IQUW Group as headline corporate partner for 2025
• GBIF partnership with Esri
• CanalSpot
• Look out for yellow-seeded false pimpernel
• National Education Nature Park update
• Motivations to support community-based climate activism
• CITES consultation
• Funding and grants – October 2025
• iNaturalistUK updates

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