National Biodiversity Network Trust

The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Trust is a small charity with a big plan – to make data work for nature. For more than twenty years we’ve been making biodiversity data accessible, to support better decisions about the natural world and to connect people with nature. Biodiversity data (also known as ‘biological records’) is information about what species are found where. Without the NBN Trust, much of this data would remain unseen, unknown and unused. But we don’t work alone. Partnership is central to our mission, and we connect hundreds of organisations, large and small, through our National Biodiversity Network: a dedicated community of people passionate about wildlife data. Working together, we create a vast flow of data carrying the evidence needed to protect and restore biodiversity, and the stories to inspire wonder and commitment. At the heart of this flow is the NBN Atlas, our data portal. The NBN Atlas is the UK’s largest repository of publicly available biodiversity data, with more than 300 million records of over 50,000 UK species. This is a vital resource for those who wish to understand and protect nature. Please join us and help us to achieve our mission - Making data work for nature.