A (re)-introduction to GAP

A (re)-introduction to GAP

GiGL’s vision is that London’s natural environment is appreciated, understood, considered and improved. To achieve this it’s important that our data and services remain relevant to changing policy and practice priorities. To help achieve this, each  quarter we meet...
Partner Citizen Science Forms

Partner Citizen Science Forms

GiGL has worked with many of our partners to create customised online forms for collecting wildlife or green space information being generated by public surveys. These are available in addition to GiGL’s own one-off records web-form or multi-records...
Not such a Big Society after all

Not such a Big Society after all

The new political focus on a “Big Society” and the serious funding challenge that faces the nature conservation sector as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review presents opportunities and challenges to the biodiversity delivery. An MSc project investigating...

GiGL Guidance

The guidance on setting up and running an environmental records centre contains a list of required policies and guidance. The Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC) also has an accreditation system that requires each records centre to have a suite...

Accessing Data Policy

This document was developed by GiGL’s Recorders Advisory Group and Steering Group. It is one of the most important policies that GiGL has in that it sets out how we will treat and make available our partners’ data, including via the National Biodiversity Network’s...