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NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2024 - nominations open!

These annual Awards celebrate the individuals, the newcomers and the groups of people or whole organisations that are making outstanding contributions to wildlife recording and improving our understanding of the natural world in the UK.

This year, there are seven categories of awards, including two new ones - for Lifetime Achievement and another for Verifiers.  Nominations close on Wednesday 3 April - so don't leave it too late!

2024 Conference open for booking

Our 2024 conference is taking place at Yma Pontypridd in south Wales on 9th-11th May. Open to anyone with an interest in biological recording in the UK, this interesting and informative event has a theme of Next Level Recording.

Find out more and book a space here.

State of Nature 2023

The UK’s wildlife is continuing to decline according to State of Nature Report 2023.

The UK, like most other countries worldwide, has seen significant loss of its plants, animals and fungi. The data from State of Nature cover, at most, 50 years but this follows on from centuries of habitat loss, development and persecution. As a result, the UK is now one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth.

Recorder 6 News!

Recorder 6 Licence Fee

Greetings Recorder 6 Users,

**Important announcement**

The new software licence for Recorder 6 is now live. Please pay the licence fee for access to R6 dictionary updates (available now) and new version releases (coming soon).

Payments are being handled by the NBN Trust, on behalf of the Recorder 6 Steering Group. To purchase your licence, please visit: https://nbn.org.uk/join-or-donate/recorder6/

The National Forum for Biological Recording is the independent voice of Biological Recording in the UK.


So what is biological recording? At its simplest, it is the information on where a recognised species, habitat or community is to be found, when it was seen and by whom. Yet, in combination with information about condition, traits and environmental parameters, this simple occurrence data is vital to guiding and monitoring sustainable development, wildlife protection and positive measures for conservation.
 

In relation to a growing population, resource stewardship and a changing climate, access to and the means to understand high quality biodiversity information are vital - but this is not always appreciated.

NFBR:

  • brings together suppliers, managers, and users of information about species, habitats and wildlife sites;
  • provides a forum for discussion and sharing of knowledge and experience;
  • promotes the importance of biodiversity information in nature conservation, planning, research, education and public participation;
  • represents the biological recording community.
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