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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

An associate participant from Europe and Central Asia

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Mission

To work together to collect, share and use UK wildlife data for education and environmental decision-making.

Funding

Funding received through membership model, grants, the UK's country nature conservation bodies and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

History

The National Biodiversity Network Trust is an independent charity. The responsibility of running the UK node was taken over from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in 2017.

Structure

The NBN Trust (the Trust), founded as an independent charity in 2000, champions the collection and sharing of UK biodiversity data to make it available for use to inform wise policy and planning decisions, producing robust evidence based research and engaging everyone from school children to politicians with the UK’s natural world. The Trust was established to oversee and facilitate the development of the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). The NBN is a collaboration of over 140 partners from many of the UK’s largest conservation organisations, wildlife charities, government agencies, local authorities, local and national recording schemes, local environmental records centres (LERCs), ecological consultancies and academia.

The NBN Trust has a board of trustees, but there is no specific board or steering committee for the UK node.

Contacts

Lisa Chilton
National Biodiversity Network Trust
Unit F, 14 – 18 St. Mary’s Gate Lace Market Nottingham NG1 1PF
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Alan Paton
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Science Directorate TW9 3AB
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Vincent Stuart Smith
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road London, SW7 5BD
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chris Cheffings
JNCC
Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough, PE1 1JY
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Matthew Dobson
Natural Environment Research Council
Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon Wilts SN2 1EU
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Daniel Cowing
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
International Biodiversity and Climate Directorate ODA Management, Funds and Wildlife Division Foss House York Y01 7PX
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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