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The National Forum for Biological Recording celebrates its 30th anniversary next year and is organising two events to bring recorders together to mark the occasion.
The NFBR conference and AGM will be held at Lancaster University on the 12th and 13th May on the theme of “National Recording Schemes and Societies – celebrating the past, looking to the future”. The conference is being organised in partnership with the Biological Records Centre. It will be a celebration of the work of national recording schemes and societies and will consist of presentations, quickfire talks, discussion workshops and technical demonstrations. It will be followed by a field trip to the Forest of Bowland AONB on the 14th May.
In July, NFBR are organising a joint event with Manchester Metropolitan University and the Field Studies Council to celebrate both NFBR’s 30th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the MMU and FSC’s acclaimed Biological Recording courses. This event will be held at Preston Montford Field Studies Centre on the 22nd-24th July and will consist of field trips to wildlife-rich local sites throughout the weekend and social activities in the evenings.
Further information will be available soon, so please save the dates!
NFBR is a charity dedicated to promoting and influencing the development of biological recording and the management, dissemination and use of biodiversity information. Its membership includes individual naturalists, local and national organisations from throughout the UK, giving it a unique perspective and an important role. NFBR is a founder member of the National Biodiversity Network, has a representative on the NBN Board of Trustees, and looks forward to supporting the delivery of the NBN Strategic Action Plan.
Manchester Metropolitan University’s MSc and University Certificate courses in Biological Recording and Species Identification are run in association with the Field Studies Council and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. They are compatible with full time work, and enable students to develop valuable skills in collecting and critically analysing biological records. Graduates of these courses have an excellent record of promotion and recruitment to jobs in ecology and biological recording, especially those with an emphasis on high quality field skills.
The Biological Records Centre (BRC), established in 1964, is a national focus in the UK for terrestrial and freshwater species recording. BRC works closely with the voluntary recording community, principally through support of national recording schemes and societies. BRC is supported by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology within the Natural Environment Research Council.